Adolphus
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,109since 1880
Adolphus over time
Rank among boys' names. Adolphus has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1964 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1962 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1961 | #1,250 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,063 | 51 |
| 1956 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #906 | 67 |
| 1954 | #1,101 | 46 |
| 1953 | #1,123 | 43 |
| 1952 | #927 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #934 | 54 |
| 1949 | #834 | 67 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 48 |
| 1947 | #1,108 | 43 |
| 1946 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #949 | 46 |
| 1943 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #985 | 46 |
| 1941 | #786 | 63 |
| 1940 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #888 | 49 |
| 1938 | #816 | 57 |
| 1937 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #917 | 45 |
| 1935 | #850 | 54 |
| 1934 | #888 | 50 |
| 1933 | #905 | 47 |
| 1932 | #769 | 67 |
| 1931 | #816 | 59 |
| 1930 | #885 | 56 |
| 1929 | #900 | 55 |
| 1928 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | #825 | 65 |
| 1926 | #931 | 53 |
| 1925 | #973 | 49 |
| 1924 | #809 | 70 |
| 1923 | #769 | 73 |
| 1922 | #709 | 85 |
| 1921 | #834 | 68 |
| 1920 | #785 | 72 |
| 1919 | #760 | 72 |
| 1918 | #710 | 79 |
| 1917 | #680 | 78 |
| 1916 | #734 | 68 |
| 1915 | #750 | 64 |
| 1914 | #751 | 49 |
| 1913 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #659 | 41 |
| 1911 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #537 | 28 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #547 | 18 |
| 1905 | #525 | 19 |
| 1904 | #538 | 17 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #418 | 22 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #424 | 21 |
| 1895 | #414 | 22 |
| 1894 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #330 | 28 |
| 1892 | #445 | 19 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #489 | 15 |
| 1889 | #388 | 21 |
| 1888 | #442 | 18 |
| 1887 | #377 | 19 |
| 1886 | #403 | 19 |
| 1885 | #355 | 24 |
| 1884 | #450 | 17 |
| 1883 | #402 | 19 |
| 1882 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #425 | 17 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adolphus was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Adolphus is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,196 · 1 in 24,663
Best ever in a state: #150 in Florida, 1914.
Show every state
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| Texas | #1,196 | 5 | 1 in 24,663 |
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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 Adolphus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1910 (#804 → #537)
- Biggest drop: 351 spots in 1956 (#906 → #1,257)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #330 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 4,011 boys born in 1893 were named Adolphus (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 15.6% of all boys named Adolphus (643) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 189 | #355 (1885) | #409 |
| 1890s | 178 | #330 (1893) | #476 |
| 1900s | 149 | #525 (1905) | #632 |
| 1910s | 531 | #537 (1910) | #715 |
| 1920s | 643 | #709 (1922) | #846 |
| 1930s | 525 | #769 (1932) | #872 |
| 1940s | 474 | #786 (1941) | #989 |
| 1950s | 503 | #906 (1955) | #1,052 |
| 1960s | 325 | #1,152 (1960) | #1,398 |
| 1970s | 202 | #1,721 (1972) | #2,220 |
| 1980s | 175 | #2,213 (1980) | #2,891 |
| 1990s | 116 | #3,751 (1994) | #5,324 |
| 2000s | 63 | #5,667 (2001) | #7,755 |
| 2010s | 31 | #8,816 (2016) | #10,621 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
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.
Adolphus in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 101,267 of them was named Adolphus, which outranked 62.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,568Waleed18
- #2,568Wali18
- #2,568Wilberto18
- #2,669Adolphus17
- #2,669Aharon17
- #2,669Allyn17
- #2,669Aloysius17
- #2,777Aarron16
- #2,777Abrahan16
- #2,777Akbar16
Tied with 107 names at #2,669; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.