Adolf
Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,394since 1880
Adolf over time
Rank among boys' names. Adolf has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #950 | 51 |
| 1927 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,108 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,107 | 42 |
| 1923 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #991 | 50 |
| 1920 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #999 | 46 |
| 1918 | #889 | 56 |
| 1917 | #900 | 50 |
| 1916 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
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 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#510 · 1 in 13,470
- Texas#862 · 1 in 10,396
Best ever in a state: #171 in Connecticut, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #510 | 7 | 1 in 13,470 |
| Texas | #862 | 5 | 1 in 10,396 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Adolf
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #597 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1914–1919
- 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%)
- 28.2% of all boys named Adolf (393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #765 (1885) | #833 |
| 1890s | 38 | #597 (1891) | #946 |
| 1900s | 63 | #852 (1906) | #1,037 |
| 1910s | 358 | #840 (1916) | #937 |
| 1920s | 393 | #950 (1928) | #1,168 |
| 1930s | 208 | #1,132 (1930) | #1,578 |
| 1940s | 75 | #1,471 (1940) | #2,767 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,414 (1959) | #2,770 |
| 1960s | 87 | #2,409 (1964) | #2,850 |
| 1970s | 43 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,783 |
| 1980s | 12 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,579 |
| 1990s | 5 | #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 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
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1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 26,734 of them was named Adolf, which outranked 77.3% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,101Melford42
- #1,101Orlin42
- #1,101Wellington42
- #1,114Adolf41
- #1,114Alvah41
- #1,114Arland41
- #1,114Carmon41
- #1,128Attilio40
- #1,128Berton40
- #1,128Burnice40
Tied with 13 names at #1,114; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.