Meaning not yet researched.
Adolphus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #330 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #330 in 1893. No US babies were recorded with the name Adolphus in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #330 in 1893.
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Adolphus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #330 in 1893 · most boys in one year: 85 (1922).
Fewer than five US boys were named Adolphus in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #330, reached in 1893. The most boys given the name in a single year was 85, in 1922. For comparison, it was #10,687 in 2015 and #934 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adolphus in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 17 babies. In all, 4,109 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 643 babies named Adolphus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18 US boys were named Adolphus; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 8.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Adolph (18,765 babies since 1880), Adolfo (16,205 babies since 1880) and Adolf (1,394 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Ado, Adolph and Dolph.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | — | 5 | #12,393 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #12,193 |
| 2016 | — | — | 8 | #8,842 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #10,687 |
| 2014 | — | — | 6 | #10,749 |
| 2012 | — | — | 6 | #10,810 |
| 2007 | — | — | 9 | #8,177 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #10,687 |
| 2005 | — | — | 7 | #9,131 |
| 2004 | — | — | 11 | #6,529 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #7,851 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,673 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,322 |
| 1999 | — | — | 11 | #5,659 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #5,845 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,131 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #7,980 |
| 1995 | — | — | 16 | #3,857 |
| 1994 | — | — | 17 | #3,752 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,449 |
| 1992 | — | — | 15 | #3,921 |
| 1991 | — | — | 9 | #5,526 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,170 |
| 1989 | — | — | 21 | #2,905 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,860 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,340 |
| 1986 | — | — | 19 | #2,685 |
| 1985 | — | — | 21 | #2,427 |
| 1984 | — | — | 15 | #2,956 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #3,886 |
| 1982 | — | — | 20 | #2,426 |
| 1981 | — | — | 13 | #3,221 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | — | — | 17 | #2,669 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #2,929 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,885 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | — | — | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1972 | — | — | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | — | — | 24 | #1,823 |
| 1970 | — | — | 23 | #1,847 |
| 1969 | — | — | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,507 |
| 1967 | — | — | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,373 |
| 1965 | — | — | 33 | #1,335 |
| 1964 | — | — | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1963 | — | — | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1962 | — | — | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,250 |
| 1960 | — | — | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1959 | — | — | 49 | #1,101 |
| 1958 | — | — | 49 | #1,091 |
| 1957 | — | — | 51 | #1,063 |
| 1956 | — | — | 37 | #1,257 |
| 1955 | — | — | 67 | #906 |
| 1954 | — | — | 46 | #1,101 |
| 1953 | — | — | 43 | #1,123 |
| 1952 | — | — | 59 | #927 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,017 |
| 1950 | — | — | 54 | #934 |
| 1949 | — | — | 67 | #834 |
| 1948 | — | — | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1947 | — | — | 43 | #1,108 |
| 1946 | — | — | 38 | #1,124 |
| 1945 | — | — | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1944 | — | — | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | — | — | 36 | #1,141 |
| 1942 | — | — | 46 | #985 |
| 1941 | — | — | 63 | #786 |
| 1940 | — | — | 50 | #893 |
| 1939 | — | — | 49 | #888 |
| 1938 | — | — | 57 | #816 |
| 1937 | — | — | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | — | — | 45 | #917 |
| 1935 | — | — | 54 | #850 |
| 1934 | — | — | 50 | #888 |
| 1933 | — | — | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | — | — | 67 | #769 |
| 1931 | — | — | 59 | #816 |
| 1930 | — | — | 56 | #885 |
| 1929 | — | — | 55 | #901 |
| 1928 | — | — | 53 | #927 |
| 1927 | — | — | 65 | #826 |
| 1926 | — | — | 53 | #931 |
| 1925 | — | — | 49 | #973 |
| 1924 | — | — | 70 | #809 |
| 1923 | — | — | 73 | #770 |
| 1922 | — | — | 85 | #709 |
| 1921 | — | — | 68 | #834 |
| 1920 | — | — | 72 | #785 |
| 1919 | — | — | 72 | #760 |
| 1918 | — | — | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | — | — | 78 | #680 |
| 1916 | — | — | 68 | #734 |
| 1915 | — | — | 64 | #751 |
| 1914 | — | — | 49 | #751 |
| 1913 | — | — | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | — | — | 41 | #659 |
| 1911 | — | — | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | — | — | 28 | #537 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #805 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #744 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #548 |
| 1905 | — | — | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #539 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #651 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #418 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | — | — | 21 | #424 |
| 1895 | — | — | 22 | #414 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #631 |
| 1893 | — | — | 28 | #330 |
| 1892 | — | — | 19 | #445 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #491 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | — | — | 19 | #378 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | — | — | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #452 |
| 1883 | — | — | 19 | #402 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #490 |
| 1881 | — | — | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | — | — | 17 | #425 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).