Adolpho

Boys' name

Noble + wolf, through Adolfo

Adolpho has been given to 227 babies in the U.S. since 1920. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Adolpho, 2005

1 in 769,000

Adolpho over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Adolpho: meaning, origin, and history

Noble + wolf, through Adolfo

Germanic languages, Italian and Spanish

What Adolpho means

Adolpho belongs to the name family reached through Adolpho → Adolfo → Adolph → Adolf. Its meaning is “noble + wolf”.

Origin, language, and formation

Adolpho is used in English and Spanish. Its origins include Germanic languages, Italian and Spanish.

Adolpho comes through Spanish Adolfo.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adolfo, Adolph and Adolf.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Adolpho is pronounced /aˈdolfo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 227 boys were recorded with the name Adolpho between 1920 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1924; its best national rank was #2,494 in 1941.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Adolpho?

Adolpho had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 769,000; 5 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only: 1 in 399,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,928 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adolpho sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adolpho. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adolphos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adolpho was born before 1962 — so the typical Adolpho is around 63 today.

Median birth year: 1962; About 63 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 18.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 24.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 134; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 18.5% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Adolpho rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (9)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,494; 1941

Spellings of Adolpho

Adolpho is not the most common spelling — Adolph is, with 47.0% against Adolpho's 0.57%.

Adolph47.0%18,745
Adolfo40.6%16,195
Adolphus10.3%4,109
Dolph1.6%626
Adolpho0.57%227

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Adolpho around the world

Where Adolpho ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1929–1929
#1,034
in 1929

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Adolpho by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,494; 1941
Peak year: 1924; 9 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 227
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Adolpho

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Adonias Adonys Adonnis Adonijah Adolphe Adonay Adoniram Adorian Adoni Adonus Adolin Adonte Adonai Adoree Adore Adoniah Adom Adon Rudolpho Adoraim Ador Adolf Adoniz Adontae

Sibling names for Adolpho

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Eldridge Merritt Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick Hosea

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