Adolph
Boy · AY-dolf · Germanic
Adolph is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble wolf”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Adolph mean?
Germanic: English spelling of Adolf
“noble wolf”
From the Germanic name Adalwolf; it fell out of favour after the Second World War because of its association with Hitler.
- Say it
- AY-dolf
Is Adolph a girl's or a boy's name?
Adolph is a boys' name.
How popular is Adolph in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1917, with 673 boys.
Half of all the boys named Adolph in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adolph in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 39 | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,407 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,393 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,035 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,045 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,120 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 74 | #926 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,086 |
| 1968 | 60 | #938 |
| 1967 | 73 | #836 |
| 1966 | 70 | #870 |
| 1965 | 68 | #890 |
| 1964 | 91 | #788 |
| 1963 | 82 | #838 |
| 1962 | 88 | #807 |
| 1961 | 100 | #770 |
| 1960 | 143 | #650 |
| 1959 | 120 | #701 |
| 1958 | 126 | #677 |
| 1957 | 135 | #657 |
| 1956 | 132 | #658 |
| 1955 | 151 | #598 |
| 1954 | 146 | #610 |
| 1953 | 153 | #580 |
| 1952 | 147 | #574 |
| 1951 | 117 | #650 |
| 1950 | 141 | #570 |
| 1949 | 121 | #617 |
| 1948 | 128 | #591 |
| 1947 | 106 | #668 |
| 1946 | 95 | #663 |
| 1945 | 116 | #554 |
| 1944 | 95 | #629 |
| 1943 | 128 | #559 |
| 1942 | 123 | #553 |
| 1941 | 173 | #448 |
| 1940 | 176 | #436 |
| 1939 | 161 | #454 |
| 1938 | 188 | #414 |
| 1937 | 191 | #410 |
| 1936 | 192 | #395 |
| 1935 | 195 | #390 |
| 1934 | 210 | #377 |
| 1933 | 222 | #363 |
| 1932 | 242 | #357 |
| 1931 | 291 | #320 |
| 1930 | 297 | #320 |
| 1929 | 333 | #303 |
| 1928 | 341 | #301 |
| 1927 | 411 | #278 |
| 1926 | 403 | #285 |
| 1925 | 424 | #279 |
| 1924 | 452 | #268 |
| 1923 | 515 | #246 |
| 1922 | 545 | #241 |
| 1921 | 525 | #246 |
| 1920 | 522 | #241 |
| 1919 | 539 | #225 |
| 1918 | 637 | #202 |
| 1917 | 673 | #180 |
| 1916 | 633 | #185 |
| 1915 | 637 | #178 |
| 1914 | 418 | #199 |
| 1913 | 385 | #179 |
| 1912 | 318 | #183 |
| 1911 | 161 | #192 |
| 1910 | 122 | #210 |
| 1909 | 107 | #202 |
| 1908 | 96 | #212 |
| 1907 | 90 | #212 |
| 1906 | 97 | #186 |
| 1905 | 86 | #201 |
| 1904 | 90 | #195 |
| 1903 | 91 | #183 |
| 1902 | 87 | #190 |
| 1901 | 80 | #179 |
| 1900 | 117 | #180 |
| 1899 | 80 | #178 |
| 1898 | 84 | #185 |
| 1897 | 92 | #167 |
| 1896 | 93 | #173 |
| 1895 | 86 | #182 |
| 1894 | 93 | #165 |
| 1893 | 119 | #126 |
| 1892 | 115 | #142 |
| 1891 | 81 | #160 |
| 1890 | 102 | #138 |
| 1889 | 101 | #144 |
| 1888 | 107 | #143 |
| 1887 | 90 | #140 |
| 1886 | 95 | #145 |
| 1885 | 102 | #133 |
| 1884 | 107 | #133 |
| 1883 | 115 | #112 |
| 1882 | 94 | #145 |
| 1881 | 90 | #137 |
| 1880 | 93 | #145 |
Nicknames for Adolph
- Dolph
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