Dolph
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 626since 1881
Dolph over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dolph has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Dolph! It came in at #595, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dolph is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dolph in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dolph
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 93 spots in 1887
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1882
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1881–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,193
- Highest: 1 in 11,193 boys born in 1881 were named Dolph (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 20.3% of all boys named Dolph (127) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #595 (1881) | #806 |
| 1890s | 16 | #884 (1890) | #998 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,213 |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,788 |
| 1920s | 95 | #1,981 (1926) | #2,757 |
| 1930s | 82 | #2,088 (1937) | #2,820 |
| 1940s | 85 | #2,083 (1941) | #2,685 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,287 (1953) | #2,866 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,322 (1961) | #3,155 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,375 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,770 (1994) | #7,770 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
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.
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