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Adolfo

“noble + wolf”

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Origin: Latin
13 language contexts: English Spanish Italian +10 more
Follow the evidence: 17 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Adolfo

Adolfo is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish, Italian and 10 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Adolf, for which English Wikipedia gives the components noble + wolf.

6 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “noble + wolf”

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo.

Sources for this account (9)

Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: AdolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Latin originSource-reported“noble wolf”

Meaning: “noble wolf”

From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz (literally “noble wolf”).

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDe l’italien.

De l’italien.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Italian Wiktionary accountSource-reporteddall'unione delle parole germaniche wulf, lupo, e adal, nobile

dall'unione delle parole germaniche wulf, lupo, e adal, nobile

Sources for this account (1)

Italian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedgerm. Adalwolf < germ. adal + wolf → szlachetny + wilk

germ. Adalwolf < germ. adal + wolf → szlachetny + wilk

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Portuguese Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDo latim Adolphus⁽ˡᵃ⁾, que veio por sua vez do germânico, Adolf que significa nobre lobo.

Do latim Adolphus⁽ˡᵃ⁾, que veio por sua vez do germânico, Adolf que significa nobre lobo.

Sources for this account (1)

Portuguese Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (12)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q364977
Masculine usage in Cebuano · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Italian · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Tagalog · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Esperanto · French Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Slovene · French Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Basque · Russian Wiktionary: Adolfo

Explore all 13 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Adolfo” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q364977.

All pronunciation details (20)

[aˈð̞ol.fo] — Spanish
/aˈdolfo/ — Spanish
[aˈð̞olfo] — Spanish
/a.ˈðol.fo/ — Spanish
/aˈdol.fo/ — Italian
/aˈdɔl.fo/ — Italian
[aˈdoʊ̯.fu] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[ɐˈdoɫ.fu] — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
[ɐˈðoɫ.fu] — Portuguese (Portugal)
/aˈdow.fu/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/ɐˈdol.fu/ — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
/ɐˈdol.fu/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
[ʔɐˈd̪ol̪.po] — Cebuano
/ʔaˈdolpo/ — Cebuano
/\a.ˈdol.fo\/ — Esperanto
/a.ˈdol.fo/ — Esperanto (IPA)
[ʔɐˈd̪ol.fo] — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
[ʔɐˈd̪ol.po] — Tagalog (with nativization)
/ʔaˈdolfo/ — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
/ʔaˈdolpo/ — Tagalog (with nativization)

02 / Across borders

Where Adolfo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Adolfo’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 83 boys (rank 1886). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 20 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Adolfo

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 83; applications; Rank #1,886
Peak year: 2003; 505 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Adolfo in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	7	754	observed
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	5	921	observed
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	7	789	observed
1890	5	994	observed
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	8	792	observed
1893	5	1,035	observed
1894	6	954	observed
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,057	observed
1898	7	885	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	6	943	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	11	741	observed
1906	8	927	observed
1907	10	866	observed
1908	7	1,113	observed
1909	6	1,277	observed
1910	13	859	observed
1911	9	1,190	observed
1912	13	1,353	observed
1913	18	1,205	observed
1914	25	1,153	observed
1915	36	1,068	observed
1916	29	1,240	observed
1917	25	1,396	observed
1918	37	1,124	observed
1919	40	1,082	observed
1920	45	1,035	observed
1921	43	1,069	observed
1922	52	977	observed
1923	50	976	observed
1924	71	797	observed
1925	71	779	observed
1926	90	663	observed
1927	91	668	observed
1928	97	621	observed
1929	97	615	observed
1930	90	645	observed
1931	74	702	observed
1932	68	763	observed
1933	66	752	observed
1934	65	762	observed
1935	76	693	observed
1936	44	924	observed
1937	60	793	observed
1938	61	784	observed
1939	71	707	observed
1940	68	741	observed
1941	73	723	observed
1942	71	760	observed
1943	75	746	observed
1944	64	782	observed
1945	62	782	observed
1946	64	819	observed
1947	83	753	observed
1948	100	673	observed
1949	102	678	observed
1950	87	736	observed
1951	81	781	observed
1952	73	821	observed
1953	83	779	observed
1954	87	762	observed
1955	89	772	observed
1956	99	737	observed
1957	96	766	observed
1958	102	733	observed
1959	111	727	observed
1960	122	709	observed
1961	106	748	observed
1962	101	760	observed
1963	120	713	observed
1964	111	729	observed
1965	126	660	observed
1966	129	652	observed
1967	122	674	observed
1968	121	685	observed
1969	118	718	observed
1970	127	727	observed
1971	153	668	observed
1972	134	692	observed
1973	117	740	observed
1974	141	690	observed
1975	132	719	observed
1976	136	719	observed
1977	127	758	observed
1978	117	778	observed
1979	148	702	observed
1980	166	671	observed
1981	178	637	observed
1982	138	750	observed
1983	143	721	observed
1984	142	730	observed
1985	143	740	observed
1986	172	691	observed
1987	166	709	observed
1988	196	673	observed
1989	209	688	observed
1990	244	648	observed
1991	230	667	observed
1992	235	678	observed
1993	257	644	observed
1994	309	587	observed
1995	260	643	observed
1996	260	646	observed
1997	280	619	observed
1998	305	604	observed
1999	366	548	observed
2000	386	546	observed
2001	380	553	observed
2002	387	568	observed
2003	505	488	observed
2004	426	543	observed
2005	484	508	observed
2006	419	584	observed
2007	375	648	observed
2008	312	733	observed
2009	238	883	observed
2010	187	1,036	observed
2011	180	1,050	observed
2012	157	1,161	observed
2013	147	1,216	observed
2014	138	1,285	observed
2015	155	1,190	observed
2016	132	1,349	observed
2017	101	1,594	observed
2018	109	1,547	observed
2019	124	1,413	observed
2020	101	1,600	observed
2021	84	1,841	observed
2022	97	1,731	observed
2023	78	1,970	observed
2024	103	1,641	observed
2025	83	1,886	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Adolfo” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Adolfo— “noble wolf”
Adolfo, _m._ _Ital._ Teu. noble wolf, 409
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836–1870
Spanish poet
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo Suárez
1932–2014
Prime Minister of Spain (1976–1981)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
born 1931
Argentine activist, architect and sculptor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo Bioy Casares
1914–1999
Argentine novelist (1914-1999)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo López Mateos
1910–1969
55th President of Mexico
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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A name worth keeping.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms13

Wikidata Q364977CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: AdolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Italian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: AdinolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AdolphoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences3

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-Adolfo.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q143 (epo)-Citoyenovice-Adolfo.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q5146 (por)-GiuliaCastela-Adolfo (São Paulo).wavCC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Adolfo

6 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “noble + wolf”

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo.

Sources for this account (9)

Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: AdolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Latin originSource-reported“noble wolf”

Meaning: “noble wolf”

From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz (literally “noble wolf”).

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDe l’italien.

De l’italien.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Italian Wiktionary accountSource-reporteddall'unione delle parole germaniche wulf, lupo, e adal, nobile

dall'unione delle parole germaniche wulf, lupo, e adal, nobile

Sources for this account (1)

Italian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedgerm. Adalwolf < germ. adal + wolf → szlachetny + wilk

germ. Adalwolf < germ. adal + wolf → szlachetny + wilk

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Portuguese Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDo latim Adolphus⁽ˡᵃ⁾, que veio por sua vez do germânico, Adolf que significa nobre lobo.

Do latim Adolphus⁽ˡᵃ⁾, que veio por sua vez do germânico, Adolf que significa nobre lobo.

Sources for this account (1)

Portuguese Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (12)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q364977
Masculine usage in Cebuano · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Italian · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Tagalog · Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Esperanto · French Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Slovene · French Wiktionary: Adolfo
Masculine usage in Basque · Russian Wiktionary: Adolfo

Explore all 13 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Adolfo” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q364977.

All pronunciation details (20)

[aˈð̞ol.fo] — Spanish
/aˈdolfo/ — Spanish
[aˈð̞olfo] — Spanish
/a.ˈðol.fo/ — Spanish
/aˈdol.fo/ — Italian
/aˈdɔl.fo/ — Italian
[aˈdoʊ̯.fu] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[ɐˈdoɫ.fu] — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
[ɐˈðoɫ.fu] — Portuguese (Portugal)
/aˈdow.fu/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/ɐˈdol.fu/ — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
/ɐˈdol.fu/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
[ʔɐˈd̪ol̪.po] — Cebuano
/ʔaˈdolpo/ — Cebuano
/\a.ˈdol.fo\/ — Esperanto
/a.ˈdol.fo/ — Esperanto (IPA)
[ʔɐˈd̪ol.fo] — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
[ʔɐˈd̪ol.po] — Tagalog (with nativization)
/ʔaˈdolfo/ — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
/ʔaˈdolpo/ — Tagalog (with nativization)

Where Adolfo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Adolfo’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 83 boys (rank 1886). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 20 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Adolfo

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 83; applications; Rank #1,886
Peak year: 2003; 505 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Adolfo in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	7	754	observed
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	5	921	observed
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	7	789	observed
1890	5	994	observed
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	8	792	observed
1893	5	1,035	observed
1894	6	954	observed
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,057	observed
1898	7	885	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	6	943	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	11	741	observed
1906	8	927	observed
1907	10	866	observed
1908	7	1,113	observed
1909	6	1,277	observed
1910	13	859	observed
1911	9	1,190	observed
1912	13	1,353	observed
1913	18	1,205	observed
1914	25	1,153	observed
1915	36	1,068	observed
1916	29	1,240	observed
1917	25	1,396	observed
1918	37	1,124	observed
1919	40	1,082	observed
1920	45	1,035	observed
1921	43	1,069	observed
1922	52	977	observed
1923	50	976	observed
1924	71	797	observed
1925	71	779	observed
1926	90	663	observed
1927	91	668	observed
1928	97	621	observed
1929	97	615	observed
1930	90	645	observed
1931	74	702	observed
1932	68	763	observed
1933	66	752	observed
1934	65	762	observed
1935	76	693	observed
1936	44	924	observed
1937	60	793	observed
1938	61	784	observed
1939	71	707	observed
1940	68	741	observed
1941	73	723	observed
1942	71	760	observed
1943	75	746	observed
1944	64	782	observed
1945	62	782	observed
1946	64	819	observed
1947	83	753	observed
1948	100	673	observed
1949	102	678	observed
1950	87	736	observed
1951	81	781	observed
1952	73	821	observed
1953	83	779	observed
1954	87	762	observed
1955	89	772	observed
1956	99	737	observed
1957	96	766	observed
1958	102	733	observed
1959	111	727	observed
1960	122	709	observed
1961	106	748	observed
1962	101	760	observed
1963	120	713	observed
1964	111	729	observed
1965	126	660	observed
1966	129	652	observed
1967	122	674	observed
1968	121	685	observed
1969	118	718	observed
1970	127	727	observed
1971	153	668	observed
1972	134	692	observed
1973	117	740	observed
1974	141	690	observed
1975	132	719	observed
1976	136	719	observed
1977	127	758	observed
1978	117	778	observed
1979	148	702	observed
1980	166	671	observed
1981	178	637	observed
1982	138	750	observed
1983	143	721	observed
1984	142	730	observed
1985	143	740	observed
1986	172	691	observed
1987	166	709	observed
1988	196	673	observed
1989	209	688	observed
1990	244	648	observed
1991	230	667	observed
1992	235	678	observed
1993	257	644	observed
1994	309	587	observed
1995	260	643	observed
1996	260	646	observed
1997	280	619	observed
1998	305	604	observed
1999	366	548	observed
2000	386	546	observed
2001	380	553	observed
2002	387	568	observed
2003	505	488	observed
2004	426	543	observed
2005	484	508	observed
2006	419	584	observed
2007	375	648	observed
2008	312	733	observed
2009	238	883	observed
2010	187	1,036	observed
2011	180	1,050	observed
2012	157	1,161	observed
2013	147	1,216	observed
2014	138	1,285	observed
2015	155	1,190	observed
2016	132	1,349	observed
2017	101	1,594	observed
2018	109	1,547	observed
2019	124	1,413	observed
2020	101	1,600	observed
2021	84	1,841	observed
2022	97	1,731	observed
2023	78	1,970	observed
2024	103	1,641	observed
2025	83	1,886	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
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History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Adolfo— “noble wolf”
Adolfo, _m._ _Ital._ Teu. noble wolf, 409
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836–1870
Spanish poet
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo Suárez
1932–2014
Prime Minister of Spain (1976–1981)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
born 1931
Argentine activist, architect and sculptor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo Bioy Casares
1914–1999
Argentine novelist (1914-1999)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Adolfo López Mateos
1910–1969
55th President of Mexico
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms13

Wikidata Q364977CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: AdolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Italian Wiktionary: AdolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: AdinolfoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AdolphoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences3

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-Adolfo.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q143 (epo)-Citoyenovice-Adolfo.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q5146 (por)-GiuliaCastela-Adolfo (São Paulo).wavCC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Adolfo

Meaning in the sources

Where Adolfo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Adolfo Suárez

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo López Mateos

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Adolfo

Meaning in the sources

Where Adolfo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Adolfo Suárez

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo López Mateos

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page