Adolph

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Adolf is a given name with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning "noble", and wolf. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxon name Æthelwulf.

From Wikipedia

Adolph first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 140 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1917 with 673 babies (rank #180 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Adolph

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Adolph yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

18,765

Total babies (all years)

140

Years in the data

673

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Adolph

Adolph von Menzellithographer · b. 1815
Adolph Diesterwegopinion journalist · b. 1790
Adolph Joffecommunist · b. 1883
Adolph Freiherr Kniggesatirist · b. 1752
Adolph Zukorfilm producer · b. 1873

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	93	#145
1881	90	#137
1882	94	#145
1883	115	#112
1884	107	#133
1885	102	#133
1886	95	#145
1887	90	#140
1888	107	#143
1889	101	#144
1890	102	#138
1891	81	#160
1892	115	#142
1893	119	#126
1894	93	#165
1895	86	#182
1896	93	#173
1897	92	#167
1898	84	#185
1899	80	#178
1900	117	#180
1901	80	#180
1902	87	#190
1903	91	#183
1904	90	#195
1905	86	#201
1906	97	#186
1907	90	#212
1908	96	#212
1909	107	#202
1910	122	#210
1911	161	#192
1912	318	#183
1913	385	#179
1914	418	#199
1915	637	#178
1916	633	#185
1917	673	#180
1918	637	#202
1919	539	#225
1920	522	#241
1921	525	#246
1922	545	#241
1923	515	#246
1924	452	#268
1925	424	#279
1926	403	#285
1927	411	#278
1928	341	#301
1929	333	#303
1930	297	#320
1931	291	#320
1932	242	#357
1933	222	#363
1934	210	#377
1935	195	#390
1936	192	#395
1937	191	#410
1938	188	#413
1939	161	#454
1940	176	#436
1941	173	#448
1942	123	#553
1943	128	#559
1944	95	#629
1945	116	#555
1946	95	#663
1947	106	#668
1948	128	#593
1949	121	#618
1950	141	#570
1951	117	#651
1952	147	#575
1953	153	#581
1954	146	#611
1955	151	#599
1956	132	#659
1957	135	#659
1958	126	#678
1959	120	#702
1960	143	#651
1961	100	#771
1962	88	#808
1963	82	#837
1964	91	#787
1965	68	#890
1966	70	#870
1967	73	#836
1968	60	#938
1969	51	#1,085
1970	74	#926
1971	44	#1,254
1972	53	#1,120
1973	60	#1,045
1974	63	#1,035
1975	45	#1,280
1976	49	#1,239
1977	42	#1,407
1978	44	#1,394
1979	44	#1,407
1980	39	#1,547
1981	43	#1,456
1982	39	#1,565
1983	43	#1,448
1984	26	#2,036
1985	20	#2,504
1986	39	#1,645
1987	36	#1,793
1988	23	#2,511
1989	26	#2,469
1990	27	#2,488
1991	21	#2,988
1992	35	#2,176
1993	22	#3,044
1994	25	#2,848
1995	21	#3,192
1996	13	#4,616
1997	22	#3,262
1998	16	#4,203
1999	13	#5,038
2000	15	#4,786
2001	12	#5,672
2002	7	#8,462
2003	8	#7,849
2004	9	#7,545
2005	7	#9,128
2006	11	#6,910
2007	12	#6,626
2008	7	#9,885
2009	5	#12,525
2010	7	#9,709
2011	8	#8,776
2013	7	#9,671
2014	8	#8,795
2016	7	#9,684
2017	6	#10,803
2019	5	#12,174
2020	6	#10,624
2022	8	#8,993
2023	5	#12,270