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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #112, 1883boys
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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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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.

Where Adolph is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1905

boys
#201
86 births · 1 in 1,538 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #201Adolph86
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 1,538 of them was named Adolph, which outranked 85.9% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adolph
  1. #198Irvin87
  2. #198Jerome87
  3. #198Roscoe87
  4. #201Adolph86
  5. #201Cornelius86
  6. #201Pete86
  7. #201Tony86
  8. #205Bruce85
  9. #205Don85
  10. #205Douglas85

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →