Adolfo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DOHL-foh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,886 for boys
Adolfo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 1,886th for boys in the US (83 babies).
What does Adolfo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Italian form of Adolf
“noble wolf”
From the Germanic name Adalwolf; Adolfo Lopez Mateos was president of Mexico from 1958 to 1964.
Is Adolfo a girl's or a boy's name?
Adolfo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adolfo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,886th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were named Adolfo, making it the 1,886th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,600th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 505 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Adolfo in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adolfo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #1,886 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,641 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2022 | 97 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | 84 | #1,840 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,600 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,547 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,594 |
| 2016 | 132 | #1,349 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,190 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,285 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,161 |
| 2011 | 180 | #1,050 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,036 |
| 2009 | 238 | #883 |
| 2008 | 312 | #733 |
| 2007 | 375 | #648 |
| 2006 | 419 | #584 |
| 2005 | 484 | #508 |
| 2004 | 426 | #543 |
| 2003 | 505 | #488 |
| 2002 | 387 | #568 |
| 2001 | 380 | #553 |
| 2000 | 386 | #546 |
| 1999 | 366 | #548 |
| 1998 | 305 | #604 |
| 1997 | 280 | #619 |
| 1996 | 260 | #645 |
| 1995 | 260 | #642 |
| 1994 | 309 | #586 |
| 1993 | 257 | #643 |
| 1992 | 235 | #676 |
| 1991 | 230 | #665 |
| 1990 | 244 | #646 |
| 1989 | 209 | #685 |
| 1988 | 196 | #673 |
| 1987 | 166 | #709 |
| 1986 | 172 | #691 |
| 1985 | 143 | #740 |
| 1984 | 142 | #730 |
| 1983 | 143 | #721 |
| 1982 | 138 | #750 |
| 1981 | 178 | #637 |
| 1980 | 166 | #671 |
| 1979 | 148 | #702 |
| 1978 | 117 | #778 |
| 1977 | 127 | #758 |
| 1976 | 136 | #719 |
| 1975 | 132 | #719 |
| 1974 | 141 | #690 |
| 1973 | 117 | #740 |
| 1972 | 134 | #692 |
| 1971 | 153 | #668 |
| 1970 | 127 | #727 |
| 1969 | 118 | #718 |
| 1968 | 121 | #685 |
| 1967 | 122 | #674 |
| 1966 | 129 | #652 |
| 1965 | 126 | #660 |
| 1964 | 111 | #729 |
| 1963 | 120 | #713 |
| 1962 | 101 | #759 |
| 1961 | 106 | #747 |
| 1960 | 122 | #708 |
| 1959 | 111 | #726 |
| 1958 | 102 | #732 |
| 1957 | 96 | #765 |
| 1956 | 99 | #736 |
| 1955 | 89 | #771 |
| 1954 | 87 | #761 |
| 1953 | 83 | #778 |
| 1952 | 73 | #820 |
| 1951 | 81 | #780 |
| 1950 | 87 | #735 |
| 1949 | 102 | #677 |
| 1948 | 100 | #672 |
| 1947 | 83 | #752 |
| 1946 | 64 | #819 |
| 1945 | 62 | #782 |
| 1944 | 64 | #782 |
| 1943 | 75 | #746 |
| 1942 | 71 | #760 |
| 1941 | 73 | #723 |
| 1940 | 68 | #741 |
| 1939 | 71 | #707 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 60 | #793 |
| 1936 | 44 | #924 |
| 1935 | 76 | #693 |
| 1934 | 65 | #762 |
| 1933 | 66 | #752 |
| 1932 | 68 | #763 |
| 1931 | 74 | #702 |
| 1930 | 90 | #645 |
| 1929 | 97 | #615 |
| 1928 | 97 | #621 |
| 1927 | 91 | #668 |
| 1926 | 90 | #663 |
| 1925 | 71 | #779 |
| 1924 | 71 | #797 |
| 1923 | 50 | #976 |
| 1922 | 52 | #977 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,082 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
Nicknames for Adolfo
- Fito
Names like Adolfo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armando, Alberto, Alvaro, Ricardo, Roberto, Arturo, Fernando, Rodrigo, Angelo, Alfonso, Gerardo, Alfredo
Names related to Adolfo
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adolfo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adolfo, updated 20 October 2026.