Adolph
Last seen for girls in 1930 at #3,658 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 115 births
- Debut · boys
- 93 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,745since 1880
Adolph over time
Rank among boys' names. Adolph has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,174 | 35 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,793 | 36 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,036 | 26 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,448 | 43 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,456 | 43 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,547 | 39 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,407 | 44 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,393 | 44 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,238 | 49 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,035 | 63 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,045 | 60 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,120 | 53 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #926 | 74 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,086 | 51 | |
| 1968 | — | #938 | 60 | |
| 1967 | — | #836 | 73 | |
| 1966 | — | #870 | 70 | |
| 1965 | — | #890 | 68 | |
| 1964 | — | #788 | 91 | |
| 1963 | — | #838 | 82 | |
| 1962 | — | #808 | 88 | |
| 1961 | — | #771 | 100 | |
| 1960 | — | #651 | 143 | |
| 1959 | — | #702 | 120 | |
| 1958 | — | #678 | 126 | |
| 1957 | — | #658 | 135 | |
| 1956 | — | #659 | 132 | |
| 1955 | — | #599 | 151 | |
| 1954 | — | #611 | 146 | |
| 1953 | — | #581 | 153 | |
| 1952 | — | #575 | 147 | |
| 1951 | — | #651 | 117 | |
| 1950 | — | #571 | 141 | |
| 1949 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1948 | — | #592 | 128 | |
| 1947 | — | #668 | 106 | |
| 1946 | — | #663 | 95 | |
| 1945 | — | #554 | 116 | |
| 1944 | — | #629 | 95 | |
| 1943 | — | #559 | 128 | |
| 1942 | — | #553 | 123 | |
| 1941 | — | #448 | 173 | |
| 1940 | — | #436 | 176 | |
| 1939 | — | #454 | 161 | |
| 1938 | — | #414 | 188 | |
| 1937 | — | #410 | 191 | |
| 1936 | — | #395 | 192 | |
| 1935 | — | #390 | 195 | |
| 1934 | — | #377 | 210 | |
| 1933 | — | #363 | 222 | |
| 1932 | — | #357 | 242 | |
| 1931 | — | #320 | 291 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #320 | 297 |
| 1929 | — | #303 | 333 | |
| 1928 | — | #301 | 341 | |
| 1927 | — | #278 | 411 | |
| 1926 | — | #285 | 403 | |
| 1925 | — | #279 | 424 | |
| 1924 | — | #268 | 452 | |
| 1923 | — | #246 | 515 | |
| 1922 | — | #241 | 545 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #246 | 525 |
| 1920 | — | #241 | 522 | |
| 1919 | — | #225 | 539 | |
| 1918 | — | #202 | 637 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #180 | 673 |
| 1916 | — | #185 | 633 | |
| 1915 | — | #178 | 637 | |
| 1914 | — | #199 | 418 | |
| 1913 | — | #179 | 385 | |
| 1912 | — | #183 | 318 | |
| 1911 | — | #192 | 161 | |
| 1910 | — | #210 | 122 | |
| 1909 | — | #202 | 107 | |
| 1908 | — | #212 | 96 | |
| 1907 | — | #212 | 90 | |
| 1906 | — | #186 | 97 | |
| 1905 | — | #201 | 86 | |
| 1904 | — | #195 | 90 | |
| 1903 | — | #183 | 91 | |
| 1902 | — | #190 | 87 | |
| 1901 | — | #179 | 80 | |
| 1900 | — | #180 | 117 | |
| 1899 | — | #178 | 80 | |
| 1898 | — | #185 | 84 | |
| 1897 | — | #167 | 92 | |
| 1896 | — | #173 | 93 | |
| 1895 | — | #182 | 86 | |
| 1894 | — | #165 | 93 | |
| 1893 | — | #126 | 119 | |
| 1892 | — | #142 | 115 | |
| 1891 | — | #160 | 81 | |
| 1890 | — | #138 | 102 | |
| 1889 | — | #144 | 101 | |
| 1888 | — | #143 | 107 | |
| 1887 | — | #140 | 90 | |
| 1886 | — | #145 | 95 | |
| 1885 | — | #133 | 102 | |
| 1884 | — | #133 | 107 | |
| 1883 | — | #112 | 115 | |
| 1882 | — | #145 | 94 | |
| 1881 | — | #137 | 90 | |
| 1880 | — | #145 | 93 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adolph was already there! It came in at #145, and was given to 93 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Adolph
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 160 spots in 1970 (#1,086 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 328 spots in 1971 (#926 → #1,254)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #112 (115 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 86 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 910 boys born in 1883 were named Adolph (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 24.1% of all boys named Adolph (4,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 994 | #112 (1883) | #138 |
| 1890s | 945 | #126 (1893) | #162 |
| 1900s | 941 | #179 (1901) | #194 |
| 1910s | 4,523 | #178 (1915) | #193 |
| 1920s | 4,471 | #241 (1922) | #269 |
| 1930s | 2,189 | #320 (1930) | #380 |
| 1940s | 1,261 | #436 (1940) | #572 |
| 1950s | 1,368 | #571 (1950) | #629 |
| 1960s | 826 | #651 (1960) | #848 |
| 1970s | 518 | #926 (1970) | #1,211 |
| 1980s | 334 | #1,448 (1983) | #1,897 |
| 1990s | 215 | #2,174 (1992) | #3,384 |
| 2000s | 93 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,928 |
| 2010s | 48 | #8,767 (2011) | #9,926 |
| 2020s | 19 | #8,990 (2022) | #10,611 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adolph in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 135,158 of them was named Adolph, which outranked 37.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,092Zephyr9
- #3,092Zofia9
- #3,092Zuma9
- #3,344Adolph8
- #3,344Abbey8
- #3,344Adalyn8
- #3,344Adria8
- #3,713Addine7
- #3,713Adene7
- #3,713Adina7
Tied with 368 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 1,375 of them was named Adolph, which outranked 96.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).