Adolfo
Adolfo was given to 83 boys in 2025, #1,887 among boys’ names; 16,205 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,200 Americans named Adolfo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 21 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adolfo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adolfo mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adolfo is “a male given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Adolph.”
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adolfo?
#1,887 among boys’ names, 2025
Adolfo fell from #1,190 in 2015 to #1,887 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 80.9 to 48.6 per million.
505 babies in 2003, the peak
Adolfo peaked in 2003, when 505 boys were given it, #488 among boys’ names. The 83 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #1,887 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,641 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 97 | #1,731 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 84 | #1,840 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,601 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,413 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,547 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,594 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 132 | #1,349 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 155 | #1,190 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,285 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,217 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,162 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 180 | #1,050 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,036 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 238 | #883 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 312 | #733 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 375 | #648 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 419 | #584 | 0.20 |
| 2005 | 484 | #508 | 0.24 |
| 2004 | 426 | #543 | 0.21 |
| 2003 | 505 | #488 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 387 | #568 | 0.20 |
| 2001 | 380 | #553 | 0.20 |
| 2000 | 386 | #546 | 0.20 |
| 1999 | 366 | #548 | 0.19 |
| 1998 | 305 | #604 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 280 | #619 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 260 | #645 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 260 | #642 | 0.14 |
| 1994 | 309 | #586 | 0.16 |
| 1993 | 257 | #643 | 0.13 |
| 1992 | 235 | #676 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 230 | #665 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 244 | #646 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 209 | #685 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 196 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1987 | 166 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 172 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1985 | 143 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 142 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 143 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 138 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 178 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 166 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 148 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 117 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 127 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 136 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 132 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 141 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 117 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 134 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 153 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 127 | #727 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 118 | #718 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 121 | #685 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 122 | #674 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 129 | #652 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 126 | #660 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 111 | #729 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 120 | #713 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 101 | #759 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 106 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 122 | #708 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 111 | #726 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 102 | #732 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 96 | #765 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 99 | #736 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 89 | #771 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 87 | #761 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 83 | #778 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 73 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 81 | #780 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 87 | #735 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 102 | #677 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 100 | #672 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 83 | #752 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 64 | #819 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 62 | #782 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 64 | #782 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 75 | #746 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 71 | #760 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 73 | #723 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 68 | #741 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 71 | #707 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 60 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 44 | #924 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 76 | #693 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 65 | #762 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 66 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 68 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 74 | #702 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 90 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 97 | #615 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 97 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 91 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 90 | #663 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 71 | #779 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 71 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 50 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 52 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,278 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 10 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 8 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 6 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 7 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 6 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 8 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 5 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 7 | #791 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 5 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Adolfo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adolfo has been given almost only to boys: 10 girls in 131 years of records.
Girls and boys named Adolfo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adolfo, and how old are they?
13,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 16,205 Americans ever recorded as Adolfo. The median Adolfo alive today is 29 years old; half are between 21 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 24,707 people named Adolfo (46 women and girls, 24,661 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,190 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 234 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,220 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,870 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,140 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,290 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,440 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Adolfo born?
The states with the most babies named Adolfo are California, Texas and Florida, with 91% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 22 | #989 | 2.5× |
| Texas | 20 | #1,095 | 4.0× |
| Florida | 6 | #1,628 | 0.7× |
| Colorado | 5 | #850 | 0.6× |
Where Adolfo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adolfo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Adolfo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 16,501 babies since 1880, Adolfo is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 83 of their 83 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adolfo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Adolfo and names like it
- Compare Adolfo and AdolphoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAdolfo peaked in 2003.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adolfo since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Adolfo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2003The year the most babies were named Adolfo.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Adolfo alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.