Adolph
Adolph was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 18,765 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,500 Americans named Adolph and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (19% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 51 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adolph by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adolph mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adolph is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.”
Variant spelling of Adolf.
/ˈeɪ.dɔlf/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adolph?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,274, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
681 babies in 1917, the peak
Adolph peaked in 1917, when 681 babies were given it (673 boys, #180 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,274 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,997 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,624 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,171 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,799 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,681 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,789 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,667 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,770 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,705 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #12,521 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,878 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,625 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,906 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,123 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,541 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,843 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,457 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,665 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,780 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,033 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,199 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,257 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,609 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,187 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,843 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,038 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,171 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,464 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,506 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 39 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,045 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,120 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 74 | #926 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,086 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 60 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 73 | #836 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 70 | #870 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 68 | #890 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 91 | #788 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 82 | #838 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 88 | #807 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 100 | #770 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 143 | #650 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 120 | #701 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 126 | #677 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 135 | #657 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 132 | #658 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 151 | #598 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 146 | #610 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 153 | #580 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 147 | #574 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 117 | #650 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 141 | #570 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 121 | #617 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 128 | #591 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 106 | #668 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 95 | #663 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 116 | #554 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 95 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 128 | #559 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 123 | #553 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 173 | #448 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 176 | #436 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 161 | #454 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 188 | #414 | 0.17 |
| 1937 | 191 | #410 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 192 | #395 | 0.19 |
| 1935 | 195 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 210 | #377 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 222 | #363 | 0.22 |
| 1932 | 242 | #357 | 0.23 |
| 1931 | 291 | #320 | 0.28 |
| 1930 | 297 | #320 | 0.27 |
| 1929 | 333 | #303 | 0.31 |
| 1928 | 341 | #301 | 0.31 |
| 1927 | 411 | #278 | 0.36 |
| 1926 | 403 | #285 | 0.36 |
| 1925 | 424 | #279 | 0.38 |
| 1924 | 452 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1923 | 515 | #246 | 0.47 |
| 1922 | 545 | #241 | 0.50 |
| 1921 | 525 | #246 | 0.48 |
| 1920 | 522 | #241 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 539 | #225 | 0.55 |
| 1918 | 637 | #202 | 0.63 |
| 1917 | 673 | #180 | 0.73 |
| 1916 | 633 | #185 | 0.71 |
| 1915 | 637 | #178 | 0.75 |
| 1914 | 418 | #199 | 0.64 |
| 1913 | 385 | #179 | 0.75 |
| 1912 | 318 | #183 | 0.74 |
| 1911 | 161 | #192 | 0.71 |
| 1910 | 122 | #210 | 0.63 |
| 1909 | 107 | #202 | 0.65 |
| 1908 | 96 | #212 | 0.62 |
| 1907 | 90 | #212 | 0.61 |
| 1906 | 97 | #186 | 0.73 |
| 1905 | 86 | #201 | 0.65 |
| 1904 | 90 | #195 | 0.70 |
| 1903 | 91 | #183 | 0.76 |
| 1902 | 87 | #190 | 0.71 |
| 1901 | 80 | #180 | 0.75 |
| 1900 | 117 | #180 | 0.78 |
| 1899 | 80 | #178 | 0.75 |
| 1898 | 84 | #185 | 0.68 |
| 1897 | 92 | #167 | 0.82 |
| 1896 | 93 | #173 | 0.78 |
| 1895 | 86 | #182 | 0.73 |
| 1894 | 93 | #165 | 0.80 |
| 1893 | 119 | #126 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 115 | #142 | 0.94 |
| 1891 | 81 | #160 | 0.80 |
| 1890 | 102 | #138 | 0.92 |
| 1889 | 101 | #144 | 0.91 |
| 1888 | 107 | #143 | 0.89 |
| 1887 | 90 | #140 | 0.89 |
| 1886 | 95 | #145 | 0.86 |
| 1885 | 102 | #133 | 0.95 |
| 1884 | 107 | #133 | 0.93 |
| 1883 | 115 | #112 | 1.1 |
| 1882 | 94 | #145 | 0.83 |
| 1881 | 90 | #137 | 0.89 |
| 1880 | 93 | #145 | 0.84 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Adolph a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adolph has been given almost only to boys: 20 girls in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Adolph: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adolph, and how old are they?
3,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 19% of the 18,765 Americans ever recorded as Adolph. The median Adolph alive today is 66 years old; half are between 51 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 3,971 people named Adolph (11 women and girls, 3,960 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,369 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 550 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,520 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 771 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 435 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 156 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 52 |
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 Adolph born?
The states with the most babies named Adolph are Texas, New York and Illinois, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,901 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 1,493 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,170 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,022 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 956 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New Jersey | 566 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Louisiana | 561 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Wisconsin | 522 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 466 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 376 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Adolph is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adolph is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Adolph 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 20,159 babies since 1880, Adolph is the most given (93% of them).
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 Adolph
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 Adolph and names like it
- Compare Adolph and AdolfBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAdolph peaked in 1917.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adolph since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Adolph: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Adolph.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Adolph alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.