Adolphus

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

Adolphus first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 133 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1922 with 85 babies (rank #709 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Adolphus

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

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,109

Total babies (all years)

133

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	17	#425
1881	21	#360
1882	14	#490
1883	19	#402
1884	17	#452
1885	24	#355
1886	19	#403
1887	19	#378
1888	18	#442
1889	21	#388
1890	15	#491
1891	14	#476
1892	19	#445
1893	28	#330
1894	11	#631
1895	22	#414
1896	21	#424
1897	15	#515
1898	22	#418
1899	11	#613
1900	19	#555
1901	11	#637
1902	12	#651
1903	13	#619
1904	17	#539
1905	19	#525
1906	18	#548
1907	14	#699
1908	13	#744
1909	13	#805
1910	28	#537
1911	22	#667
1912	41	#659
1913	30	#897
1914	49	#751
1915	64	#751
1916	68	#734
1917	78	#680
1918	79	#710
1919	72	#760
1920	72	#785
1921	68	#834
1922	85	#709
1923	73	#770
1924	70	#809
1925	49	#973
1926	53	#931
1927	65	#826
1928	53	#927
1929	55	#901
1930	56	#885
1931	59	#816
1932	67	#769
1933	47	#905
1934	50	#888
1935	54	#850
1936	45	#917
1937	41	#981
1938	57	#816
1939	49	#888
1940	50	#893
1941	63	#786
1942	46	#985
1943	36	#1,141
1944	46	#949
1945	37	#1,056
1946	38	#1,124
1947	43	#1,108
1948	48	#1,015
1949	67	#834
1950	54	#934
1951	48	#1,017
1952	59	#927
1953	43	#1,123
1954	46	#1,101
1955	67	#906
1956	37	#1,258
1957	51	#1,064
1958	49	#1,091
1959	49	#1,101
1960	46	#1,153
1961	40	#1,251
1962	37	#1,279
1963	36	#1,305
1964	26	#1,546
1965	33	#1,335
1966	31	#1,373
1967	21	#1,711
1968	27	#1,507
1969	28	#1,526
1970	23	#1,847
1971	24	#1,823
1972	26	#1,721
1973	19	#2,125
1974	21	#2,050
1975	25	#1,885
1976	16	#2,601
1977	17	#2,556
1978	14	#2,929
1979	17	#2,670
1980	23	#2,213
1981	13	#3,221
1982	20	#2,425
1983	10	#3,886
1984	15	#2,955
1985	21	#2,427
1986	19	#2,685
1987	14	#3,339
1988	19	#2,860
1989	21	#2,905
1990	13	#4,170
1991	9	#5,524
1992	15	#3,921
1993	13	#4,449
1994	17	#3,751
1995	16	#3,857
1996	6	#7,980
1997	6	#8,131
1998	10	#5,845
1999	11	#5,659
2000	10	#6,321
2001	12	#5,673
2003	8	#7,850
2004	11	#6,530
2005	7	#9,129
2006	6	#10,684
2007	9	#8,177
2012	6	#10,808
2014	6	#10,748
2015	6	#10,685
2016	8	#8,840
2018	5	#12,190
2022	5	#12,387