# Adolfo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adolfo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Adolpho |
| US babies named this | 16,205 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,195 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 10,924 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,335 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 180 | 1,050 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1,162 |
| 2013 | 147 | 1,217 |
| 2014 | 138 | 1,285 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,190 |
| 2016 | 132 | 1,349 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,594 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,547 |
| 2019 | 124 | 1,413 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,601 |
| 2021 | 84 | 1,841 |
| 2022 | 97 | 1,731 |
| 2023 | 78 | 1,970 |
| 2024 | 103 | 1,641 |
| 2025 | 83 | 1,887 |

## People named Adolfo

- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, architect and sculptor
- Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine novelist (1914-1999)
- Adolfo López Mateos, 55th President of Mexico
- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 54th President of Mexico
- Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentine footballer (1902-1973)
- Adolfo Pedernera, Argentine footballer and manager (1918–1995)
- Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
- Adolfo Gaich, Argentine footballer
- Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver (1923–2012)
- Adolfo Aristarain, Argentine film director (1943-2026)
- Adolfo Nef, Chilean footballer
- Adolfo Horta, Cuban boxer (1957–2016)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.