Adolph — boys' name

What the Data Says About Adolph

The Social Security Administration has registered 18,745 babies named Adolph between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adolph currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 673 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adolph performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 4,523 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Adolph shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,901 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Adolph in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adolph 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 18,745 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.