How rare is the name Adolfo?

24,707 people in the United States have the first name Adolfo, about 1 in 12,225. It ranks #1,405 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ADOLFO

#1,405

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
24,707
About
1 in 12,225
This common or more
74.4%
Who bears it

Of the 24,707 people named Adolfo, 95.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as White and 1.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Adolfo peaked in 2003, when 505 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
505
In 2025*
83 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,205 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Adolfo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,279. The largest share of babies named Adolfo, 33.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,30819
1890s#2,45536
1900s#2,72348
1910s#2,350245
1920s#1,619707
1930s#1,533675
1940s#1,617762
1950s#1,769908
1960s#1,6541,176
1970s#1,6561,332
1980s#1,6061,663
1990s#1,3882,746
2000s#1,2793,912
2010s#2,7721,430
2020s#3,777546
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–275%
Silent Generation 1928–457.9%
Baby boom 1946–6411.2%
Generation X 1965–8013%
Millennials 1981–9620.3%
Generation Z 1997–1233.2%
2013 and later9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Adolfo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adolfo has been most common in Texas (5.1×), New Mexico (3.9×), and California (3.4×), and least common in Virginia (0.1×).

13,475 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adolfo, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Adolfo ranks #50,912 of 156,621, with 443 people. See Adolfo as a last name

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