Dolphus
Dolphus was last recorded in 1978, when 6 babies were given it; 1,245 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1978 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dolphus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dolphus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dolphus is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dolphus?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #5,244, in 1978; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
37 babies in 1930, the peak
Dolphus peaked in 1930, when 37 boys were given it, #1,157 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | #5,244 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,448 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,295 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,096 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,539 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,347 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,389 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,835 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,720 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,135 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (85)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 8 | #3,112 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,755 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,458 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,691 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,406 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,111 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,624 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,137 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,981 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,095 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,530 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,898 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,774 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,668 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,184 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,181 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,716 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,409 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,653 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,817 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,837 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,658 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,762 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,114 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,673 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,366 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,121 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,601 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,157 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,573 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,071 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,457 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,139 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,809 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,340 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 10 | #966 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 10 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,285 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,096 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 8 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 7 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,201 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,088 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 10 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 9 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 8 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 10 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 6 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 6 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 7 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 14 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 10 | #625 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 9 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 8 | #717 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 5 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 8 | #698 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Dolphus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dolphus has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 85 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Dolphus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dolphus, and how old are they?
An estimated 281 Americans named Dolphus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 64 and 79. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 343 people named Dolphus (3 women and girls, 340 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 366 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dolphus
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 Dolphus and names like it
- Compare Dolphus and LewBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sDolphus peaked in 1930.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dolphus since 1910.
- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Dolphus.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dolphus alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.