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How popular is “Adolphus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Adolphus” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Adolphus” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Adolphus” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Adolphus” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Adolphus” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Adolphus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Adolphus” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 -100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 -100%
1885 24 0.000099645 24 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 19 0.000076801 19 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 21 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 19 0.000056823 19 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 -100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 28 0.000047401 28 -100%
1911 22 0.000034147 22 -100%
1912 41 0.000041495 41 -100%
1913 30 0.000026383 30 -100%
1914 49 0.000034596 49 -100%
1915 64 0.000034926 64 -100%
1916 68 0.000035153 68 -100%
1917 78 0.000038869 78 -100%
1918 79 0.000036387 79 -100%
1919 72 0.000034119 72 -100%
1920 72 0.000031821 72 -100%
1921 68 0.000029128 68 -100%
1922 85 0.000037132 85 -100%
1923 73 0.000031705 73 -100%
1924 70 0.000029392 70 -100%
1925 49 0.000021 49 -100%
1926 53 0.000023085 53 -100%
1927 65 0.000028025 65 -100%
1928 53 0.000023442 53 -100%
1929 55 0.000025089 55 -100%
1930 56 0.000025188 56 -100%
1931 59 0.000028037 59 -100%
1932 67 0.000031734 67 -100%
1933 47 0.000023506 47 -100%
1934 50 0.000024075 50 -100%
1935 54 0.000025839 54 -100%
1936 45 0.00002166 45 -100%
1937 41 0.000019243 41 -100%
1938 57 0.000025762 57 -100%
1939 49 0.000022238 49 -100%
1940 50 0.000021714 50 -100%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 -100%
1942 46 0.000016839 46 -100%
1943 36 0.000012754 36 -100%
1944 46 0.0000171 46 -100%
1945 37 0.000013947 37 -100%
1946 38 0.000011892 38 -100%
1947 43 0.000011937 43 -100%
1948 48 0.000013903 48 -100%
1949 67 0.000019226 67 -100%
1950 54 0.000015414 54 -100%
1951 48 0.00001303 48 -100%
1952 59 0.000015534 59 -100%
1953 43 0.000011158 43 -100%
1954 46 0.000011556 46 -100%
1955 67 0.000016687 67 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 51 0.000012137 51 -100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 -100%
1959 49 0.000011785 49 -100%
1960 46 0.000011074 46 -100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 -100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 -100%
1963 36 0.000009095 36 -100%
1964 26 0.000006688 26 -100%
1965 33 0.000009102 33 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 -100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%

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