Adolphus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-DOL-fus
- Origin
- Germanic
Adolphus is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble wolf”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Adolphus mean?
Germanic: Latinised form of Adolf
“noble wolf”
Gustavus Adolphus was the 17th-century king of Sweden who made his country a major European power.
Is Adolphus a girl's or a boy's name?
Adolphus is a boys' name.
How popular is Adolphus in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 85 boys.
Half of all the boys named Adolphus in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adolphus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,100 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,062 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 67 | #905 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 59 | #926 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 67 | #833 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,014 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,055 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 46 | #985 |
| 1941 | 63 | #786 |
| 1940 | 50 | #893 |
| 1939 | 49 | #888 |
| 1938 | 57 | #816 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 45 | #917 |
| 1935 | 54 | #850 |
| 1934 | 50 | #888 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 67 | #769 |
| 1931 | 59 | #816 |
| 1930 | 56 | #885 |
| 1929 | 55 | #900 |
| 1928 | 53 | #927 |
| 1927 | 65 | #825 |
| 1926 | 53 | #931 |
| 1925 | 49 | #973 |
| 1924 | 70 | #809 |
| 1923 | 73 | #769 |
| 1922 | 85 | #709 |
| 1921 | 68 | #834 |
| 1920 | 72 | #785 |
| 1919 | 72 | #760 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | 78 | #680 |
| 1916 | 68 | #734 |
| 1915 | 64 | #750 |
| 1914 | 49 | #751 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 41 | #659 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 28 | #537 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 13 | #744 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 22 | #418 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 21 | #424 |
| 1895 | 22 | #414 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 28 | #330 |
| 1892 | 19 | #445 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 17 | #450 |
| 1883 | 19 | #402 |
| 1882 | 14 | #489 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 17 | #425 |
Nicknames for Adolphus
- Dolph
Names like Adolphus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albert Louis Lewis Charles Archie William Walter Otis Arthur Frederick Alonzo Frank
More Germanic names
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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, “Adolphus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adolphus, updated 20 October 2026.