Dolphus
Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,059
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,245since 1880
Dolphus over time
Rank among boys' names. Dolphus has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #498 | 14 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #644 | 9 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dolphus was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dolphus is popular in 1885
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Dolphus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1894 (#1,035 → #730)
- Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,314)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #498 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1889
- Highest: 1 in 7,700 boys born in 1885 were named Dolphus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,640 boys born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Dolphus (251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #498 (1885) | #712 |
| 1890s | 37 | #700 (1891) | #848 |
| 1900s | 52 | #858 (1901) | #1,004 |
| 1910s | 193 | #1,175 (1917) | #1,427 |
| 1920s | 251 | #1,296 (1921) | #1,529 |
| 1930s | 208 | #1,151 (1930) | #1,601 |
| 1940s | 166 | #1,400 (1944) | #1,797 |
| 1950s | 147 | #1,519 (1951) | #2,124 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,115 (1963) | #2,855 |
| 1970s | 40 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,348 |
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.
Dolphus in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 7,700 of them was named Dolphus, which outranked 54.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).