Adolph
Adolf is a given name with German origins.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Adolph
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adolf is a given name with German origins.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Adolph
Adolph first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 93 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 673 births, good for #180 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Adolphs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 19K Adolphs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adolph
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Adolph. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Adolph
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- Saint Adulf , early medieval Anglo-Saxon saint
- St. Adolphus , 9th-century Spanish martyr
- St. Adolf of Osnabrück , 13th-century German martyr
- St. Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa , 19th-century Ugandan martyr
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Names that sound like Adolph
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About the name Adolph
Adolph is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Adolph's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #180. Use the chart and map above to compare Adolph's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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