Adolfo — #1637 US boys' name
16,112 babies named Adolfo in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Adolfo was born in this single decade.
505 babies were named Adolfo in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adolfo
The Social Security Administration has registered 16,112 babies named Adolfo between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adolfo currently holds the #1637 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 505 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adolfo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,912 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Adolfo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,267 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Adolfo in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adolfo 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 16,112 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.
Adolfo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Adolfo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (2003)
- 505
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #1637 among boys.
16,112 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 505 births in a single year.
Adolfo popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1986 (Adolfo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Adolfo accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Adolfo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 3,912 births that decade — 24% of Adolfo's all-time total
Adolfo decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,912 births
- Runner-up 2,746 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Adolfo's strongest decade
3,912 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Adolfo by state
Where Adolfo concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,267 | 32.7% |
| #2 | California | | 4,607 | 28.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 630 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 613 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 543 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 459 | 2.8% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 286 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 170 | 1.1% |
5,267 of 16,112 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 32.7% of nationwide
- California 28.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 32.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Adolfo appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.