Adolf

Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117

Peak · boys
1891 · 10 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,394
since 1880

Adolf over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adolf has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #597, 1891boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1990#8,1175
1989
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1985
1984
1983#4,9077
1982
1981
1980#6,2505
1979#6,0565
1978
1977
1976#5,5875
1975#4,7976
1974
1973#5,1015
1972#3,9637
1971#4,9075
1970#3,07110
1969#3,0629
1968#2,73510
1967
1966#3,2497
1965#2,61710
1964#2,40912
1963#2,41412
1962#4,0335
1961#2,70610
1960#2,42312
1959#2,41412
1958#3,0338
1957#2,49411
1956#2,7989
1955#2,55810
1954#2,59210
1953
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950#2,5809
1949#2,45310
1948#3,6685
1947#3,7335
1946
1945#2,7437
1944#3,4305
1943#2,7328
1942
1941#1,90314
1940#1,47121
1939#1,71216
1938#2,08412
1937#1,48121
1936#1,50520
1935#1,75716
1934#1,49821
1933#1,70717
1932#1,50922
1931#1,39425
1930#1,13238
1929#1,48024
1928#95051
1927#1,19836
1926#1,12440
1925#1,10840
1924#1,10742
1923#1,11441
1922#1,59123
1921#99150
1920#1,02046
1919#99946
1918#88956
1917#90050
1916#84055
1915#92545
1914#89837
1913#1,07522
1912#93523
1911#92513
1910#98111
1909#1,1557
1908#87710
1907#1,3455
1906#8529
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#1,1305
1902#8628
1901#9436
1900#9688
1899#1,0515
1898
1897#7878
1896#1,1015
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#1,0665
1891#59710
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#7657
1884#8486
1883#7996
1882#9435
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adolf was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Adolf is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Adolf
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
  • Biggest jump: 468 spots in 1908 (#1,345#877)
  • Biggest drop: 600 spots in 1922 (#991#1,591)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #597 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1914–1919
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,119
  • Highest: 1 in 10,119 boys born in 1891 were named Adolf (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 410,808 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.2% of all boys named Adolf (393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#765 (1885)#833
1890s38#597 (1891)#946
1900s63#852 (1906)#1,037
1910s358#840 (1916)#937
1920s393#950 (1928)#1,168
1930s208#1,132 (1930)#1,578
1940s75#1,471 (1940)#2,767
1950s82#2,414 (1959)#2,770
1960s87#2,409 (1964)#2,850
1970s43#3,071 (1970)#4,783
1980s12#4,907 (1983)#5,579
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117

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.

Adolf in 1896

boys
#1,101
5 births · 1 in 23,913 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #1,101Adolf5
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 23,913 of them was named Adolf, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adolf
  1. #982Winthrop6
  2. #982Young6
  3. #982Zeno6
  4. #1,101Adolf5
  5. #1,101Acie5
  6. #1,101Add5
  7. #1,101Alcide5

Tied with 165 names at #1,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. 533Hobert#795#262
  2. 528Cicero#1,079#551
  3. 528Earley#1,079#551
  4. 516Tomas#978#462
  5. 492Bryant#872#380
Fallers
  1. 572Talmage#529#1,101
  2. 545Bernie#556#1,101
  3. 545Mathias#556#1,101
  4. 522Orlando#579#1,101
  5. 522Rogers#579#1,101

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

See the top 100 for 1896