Dolph — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dolph

The Social Security Administration has registered 626 babies named Dolph between 1881 and 2022, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dolph currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dolph performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dolph shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dolph in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dolph 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 626 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.