The first name Adolphe
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Adolphe at birth, 1880–2025
In 1959, 5 boys born in the United States were named Adolphe, the 3,989th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 25 were.
295
babies named Adolphe since 1880
#3,989
rank in 1959
1915
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Adolphe
110 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Adolphe SaxBelgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894)
- William-Adolphe BouguereauFrench academic painter (1825–1905)
- Adolphe AdamFrench composer (1803–1856)
- Adolphe QueteletBelgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgDuke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)
- Charles Adolphe WurtzFrench chemist (1817–1884)
- Adolphe MenjouAmerican actor (1890–1963)
- Adolphe MuzitoCongolese Prime Minister, born 1957
- Adolphe-Théodore BrongniartFrench botanist (1801-1876)
- Adolphe MarbotFrench general (1781–1844)
- Adolphe d'ArchiacAcademic, member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1853 (1802–1868)
- Adolphe TeikeuCameroonian association football player, born 1990
Questions
- Is Adolphe a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 295 US babies named Adolphe since 1880 were boys.
- When was Adolphe most popular?
- 1915 in the United States, when 25 babies were named Adolphe, its highest rank at 1,342nd.