Adolphe

Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988

Peak · boys
1915 · 25 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
295
since 1911

Adolphe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adolphe has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #1,342, 1915boys
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1929#3,9595
1928#2,38712
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1926#3,1398
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1924#1,89418
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1922#2,48612
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1919#3,1158
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1917#1,90016
1916#1,50522
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Adolphe! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Adolphe is popular in 1930

No state had 5 or more boys named Adolphe in 1930, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Adolphe
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1915 at #1,342 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1919, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 33,943
  • Highest: 1 in 33,943 boys born in 1915 were named Adolphe (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 426,904 boys born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 41.7% of all boys named Adolphe (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s123#1,342 (1915)#1,898
1920s109#1,894 (1924)#2,557
1930s51#2,328 (1931)#3,285
1940s7#2,872 (1941)#2,872
1950s5#3,988 (1959)#3,988

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.

Adolphe in 1930

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#3,289
7 births · 1 in 156,768 boys

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. #3,289Adolphe7
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 156,768 of them was named Adolphe, which outranked 27.6% 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 Adolphe
  1. #3,022Wren8
  2. #3,022Yancey8
  3. #3,022Yutaka8
  4. #3,289Adolphe7
  5. #3,289Abdul7
  6. #3,289Ad7
  7. #3,289Addis7
  8. #3,592Abron6
  9. #3,592Acey6
  10. #3,592Acy6

Tied with 302 names at #3,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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 →