Adolphus
Adolphus was last recorded in 2022, when 5 babies were given it; 4,109 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,420 Americans named Adolphus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 46 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adolphus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adolphus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adolphus is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.”
From Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adolphus?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,387, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
85 babies in 1922, the peak
Adolphus peaked in 1922, when 85 boys were given it, #709 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,387 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,187 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,837 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,681 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,743 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,803 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,173 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,680 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,124 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,523 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | #7,844 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,666 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,314 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,653 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,838 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,125 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,973 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,851 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,746 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,443 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,914 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,519 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,164 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,899 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,335 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,682 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,884 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,556 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,123 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,506 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,545 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,304 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,151 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,100 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,090 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,062 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 67 | #905 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,100 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 59 | #926 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 67 | #833 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,107 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,141 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 46 | #985 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 63 | #786 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 50 | #893 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 49 | #888 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 57 | #816 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 45 | #917 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 54 | #850 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 50 | #888 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 67 | #769 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 59 | #816 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 56 | #885 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 55 | #901 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 53 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 65 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 53 | #931 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 49 | #973 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 70 | #809 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 73 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 85 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 68 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 72 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 72 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 78 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 68 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 64 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 49 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 41 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 28 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 13 | #805 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 13 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 18 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 17 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 22 | #418 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 21 | #424 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 22 | #414 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 28 | #330 | 0.25 |
| 1892 | 19 | #445 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 15 | #491 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 19 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 17 | #452 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 19 | #402 | 0.18 |
| 1882 | 14 | #490 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 17 | #425 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Adolphus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adolphus has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 133 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Adolphus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adolphus, and how old are they?
1,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 4,109 Americans ever recorded as Adolphus. The median Adolphus alive today is 63 years old; half are between 46 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,517 people named Adolphus (4 women and girls, 1,513 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,662 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 | 165 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 576 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 320 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 229 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 94 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 30 |
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 Adolphus born?
The states with the most babies named Adolphus are Texas, Georgia and Alabama, with 65% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 397 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Georgia | 347 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Alabama | 167 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| North Carolina | 153 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Virginia | 107 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Florida | 79 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| South Carolina | 44 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Mississippi | 32 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Adolphus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adolphus is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 3.3 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 Adolphus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adolphus
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 Adolphus and names like it
- Compare Adolphus and BenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAdolphus peaked in 1922.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adolphus since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Adolphus.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Adolphus alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.