Girls' name · since 1894
Adolphine
Adolphine has 18 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1894
- 1910s
- peak decade
Adolphine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1894.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adolphine has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1894, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 1918.
- #46,739 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1894
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adolphine ranks #46,739 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1894, peaking in the 1910s.
- #46,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1894
- 1910s
- peak decade
Adolphine's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adolphine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adolphine's full recorded timeline at 1916, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1894, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adolphine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–1918
- Peak year (1916)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Adolphine by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1910s was Adolphine's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Adolphine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adolphine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1894–1918 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adolphine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.