first name
ADOLPH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,971 people named Adolph, 41.8% reported their origin as White, 30.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 23.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Adolph peaked in 1917, when 681 babies got the name.
At least 18,765 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Adolph by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #324. The largest share of babies named Adolph, 48.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Adolph is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adolph has been most common in North Dakota (5.7×), South Dakota (2.6×), and Nebraska (2.5×), and least common in Florida (0.09×).
12,377 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.
Either side of Adolph
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adolph, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Adolph ranks #15,788 of 156,621, with 1,779 people. See Adolph as a last name
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