Adolf — boys' name

What the Data Says About Adolf

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,394 babies named Adolf between 1880 and 1990, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adolf currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adolf performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Adolf shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Adolf in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adolf in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,394 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.