Dolphus

Boy · recorded 1880–1978

  • 1978last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 1978. 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

06513018801905192919541978

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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 85 recorded years as a table
Dolphus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188072
188150
188270
188386
188487
1885130
188663
188759
188850
188990
189179
189345
189478
189684
189947
190040
190166
190265
190447
190638
190865
190961
191036
191122
191233
191329
191415
191531
191631
191736
191830
191926
192023
192129
192227
192328
192421
192521
192626
192719
192814
192920
193034
193122
193219
193312
193424
193517
193627
193711
193814
193915
194012
194112
194212
194313
194417
194512
19467
19477
194811
194910
19509
195113
19527
19538
19547
19555
19567
19576
19585
19597
19606
19615
19624
19637
19643
19665
19694
19705
19713
19724
19733
19754
19784

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dolphus 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 1978
6
Rank in 1978
#5,059
How rare
1 in 273,639 boys
Since 1880
1,245

Dolphus was last recorded in 1978. 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 1885, at 130 per million boys born.

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

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