Adolphus vs Adore
American parents have registered 4,109 Adolphuses since 1880, against 1,181 Adores. But in 2025 it was Adore that was commoner, 126 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Adolphus Adore
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Adolphus for 127 years and Adore for 18 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Adolphus | Adore | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,109 | 1,181 |
| Most in one year | 85 | 137 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 126 |
| Estimated living today | 1,400 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 62 | 4 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 2022 |
| Best rank | 709th boys | 1,612th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 1,777th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 2000 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 4,109 | 1,108 / 73 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Adolphuses alive today are over 62; half the Adores are over 4. That is 58 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Adolphus Georgia (8.7×), Alabama (6.4×), North Carolina (3.7×)
- Adore Georgia (4.0×), Florida (2.9×), Maryland (2.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Adolphus and Adore.