Adolphus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Adolphus

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,109 babies named Adolphus between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adolphus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adolphus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 643 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Adolphus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 397 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Adolphus in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adolphus 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 4,109 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.