Dolphus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dolphus

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,245 babies named Dolphus between 1880 and 1978, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dolphus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dolphus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Dolphus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dolphus in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dolphus 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 1,245 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.