Adolphus

Boy · recorded 1880–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1893best year

Most popular in 1893.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

012524918801916195119872022

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 133 recorded years as a table
Adolphus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880154
1881208
1882123
1883182
1884149
1885223
1886172
1887187
1888149
1889190
1890135
1891138
1892156
1893249
189495
1895187
1896176
1897133
1898179
1899104
1900126
1901103
190298
1903109
1904133
1905144
1906135
190795
190884
190979
1910144
191197
191295
191359
191475
191575
191676
191784
191878
191973
192068
192162
192278
192367
192462
192544
192648
192758
192848
192951
193051
193157
193264
193347
193448
193552
193643
193738
193851
193944
194043
194151
194233
194325
194434
194527
194623
194724
194827
194938
195030
195125
195230
195322
195423
195533
195617
195724
195823
195923
196022
196119
196218
196318
196413
196518
196617
196712
196816
196916
197012
197114
197216
197312
197413
197516
197610
197710
19789
197910
198013
19817
198211
19836
19848
198511
198610
19877
198810
198910
19906
19914
19928
19937
19949
19958
19963
19973
19985
19996
20005
20016
20034
20046
20054
20063
20074
20123
20143
20153
20164
20183
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Adolphus isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
5
Rank in 2022
#12,330
How rare
1 in 349,201 boys
Since 1880
4,109

Adolphus was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1893, at 249 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Adolphus doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.