Adolphe — boys' name

What the Data Says About Adolphe

The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Adolphe between 1911 and 1959, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adolphe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adolphe performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Adolphe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Adolphe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adolphe 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 295 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.