Adolf

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

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 ร†thelwulf.

From Wikipedia

Adolf first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 60 babies (rank #216 that year). It was not in the 2017 data.

Numerology of Adolf

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

790
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
60
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195557#206
195646#230
195749#227
195846#243
195960#216
196045#258
196145#268
196243#274
196349#265
196426#363
196531#333
196632#333
196734#324
196820#419
196916#482
197016#506
197124#402
197212#567
197319#440
197412#547
197511#567
197610#594
19776#722
19785#773
19796#726
19804#865
19817#727
19823#960
19833#952
19846#770
19854#895
19864#916
19872#1,059
19882#1,082
19895#869
19903#1,042
19913#1,060
19927#793
19934#959
19941#1,360
19951#1,375
19961#1,378
19971#1,403
19981#1,425
19991#1,438
20001#1,432
20013#1,168
20023#1,155