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

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Peak · boys
1883 · 115 births
Debut · boys
93 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,745
since 1880

Adolph over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adolph has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #112, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022#8,9908
2021
2020#10,6056
2019#12,1455
2018
2017#10,7756
2016#9,6647
2015
2014#8,7818
2013#9,6557
2012
2011#8,7678
2010#9,6937
2009#12,4915
2008#9,8717
2007#6,62212
2006#6,90411
2005#9,1157
2004#7,5369
2003#7,8318
2002#8,4567
2001#5,66712
2000#4,78515
1999#5,03513
1998#4,19716
1997#3,26122
1996#4,61313
1995#3,19121
1994#2,84725
1993#3,04222
1992#2,17435
1991#2,98921
1990#2,48827
1989#2,46926
1988#2,50923
1987#1,79336
1986#1,64539
1985#2,50420
1984#2,03626
1983#1,44843
1982#1,56339
1981#1,45643
1980#1,54739
1979#1,40744
1978#1,39344
1977#1,40742
1976#1,23849
1975#1,28045
1974#1,03563
1973#1,04560
1972#1,12053
1971#1,25444
1970#92674
1969#1,08651
1968#93860
1967#83673
1966#87070
1965#89068
1964#78891
1963#83882
1962#80888
1961#771100
1960#651143
1959#702120
1958#678126
1957#658135
1956#659132
1955#599151
1954#611146
1953#581153
1952#575147
1951#651117
1950#571141
1949#618121
1948#592128
1947#668106
1946#66395
1945#554116
1944#62995
1943#559128
1942#553123
1941#448173
1940#436176
1939#454161
1938#414188
1937#410191
1936#395192
1935#390195
1934#377210
1933#363222
1932#357242
1931#320291
1930#3,6587#320297
1929#303333
1928#301341
1927#278411
1926#285403
1925#279424
1924#268452
1923#246515
1922#241545
1921#5,0995#246525
1920#241522
1919#225539
1918#202637
1917#3,3448#180673
1916#185633
1915#178637
1914#199418
1913#179385
1912#183318
1911#192161
1910#210122
1909#202107
1908#21296
1907#21290
1906#18697
1905#20186
1904#19590
1903#18391
1902#19087
1901#17980
1900#180117
1899#17880
1898#18584
1897#16792
1896#17393
1895#18286
1894#16593
1893#126119
1892#142115
1891#16081
1890#138102
1889#144101
1888#143107
1887#14090
1886#14595
1885#133102
1884#133107
1883#112115
1882#14594
1881#13790
1880#14593
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #112 (115 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 86 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 910
  • Highest: 1 in 910 boys born in 1883 were named Adolph (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Adolph (4,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s994#112 (1883)#138
1890s945#126 (1893)#162
1900s941#179 (1901)#194
1910s4,523#178 (1915)#193
1920s4,471#241 (1922)#269
1930s2,189#320 (1930)#380
1940s1,261#436 (1940)#572
1950s1,368#571 (1950)#629
1960s826#651 (1960)#848
1970s518#926 (1970)#1,211
1980s334#1,448 (1983)#1,897
1990s215#2,174 (1992)#3,384
2000s93#4,785 (2000)#7,928
2010s48#8,767 (2011)#9,926
2020s19#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 1930

girls
#3,658
7 births · 1 in 160,847 girls
boys
#320
297 births · 1 in 3,695 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #3,658Adolph7

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #320Adolph297
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 160,847 of them was named Adolph, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adolph
  1. #3,345Zelphia8
  2. #3,345Zenna8
  3. #3,345Zonia8
  4. #3,658Adolph7
  5. #3,658Adair7
  6. #3,658Adalee7
  7. #3,658Adrianne7
  8. #4,047Aaron6
  9. #4,047Adda6
  10. #4,047Adelma6

Tied with 388 names at #3,658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 3,695 of them was named Adolph, which outranked 93.0% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adolph
  1. #317Elton304
  2. #317Grant304
  3. #319Wade298
  4. #320Adolph297
  5. #321Terry296
  6. #322Salvador295
  7. #323Charley289
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930