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.
Where Adolph is popular in 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#838 · 1 in 14,213
- California#1,178 · 1 in 25,863
Best ever in a state: #47 in South Dakota, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #838 | 10 | 1 in 14,213 |
| California | #1,178 | 8 | 1 in 25,863 |
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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 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 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 41,688 of them was named Adolph, which outranked 80.3% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,429Ronnell44
- #1,429Tyrus44
- #1,429Wilton44
- #1,448Adolph43
- #1,448Alexandre43
- #1,448Benjiman43
- #1,448Dain43
- #1,470Abner42
- #1,470Adams42
- #1,470Ameer42
Tied with 21 names at #1,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.