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Adolfo

Boy's name · #1887 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Adolfo's best rank, #488, came in 2003; it has settled back to #1887 today. Roughly 16,000 boys have been named Adolfo since 1882.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#337 in Mexico (2024) · #1,045 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,909 in Italy (2024) · #517 in Slovakia (2013) · #376 in Puerto Rico (2005) · #1,343 in France (1978).

Famous Adolfos

• Adolfo Suárez — Prime Minister of Spain from 1976 to 1981 (1932–2014)
• Adolfo Pérez Esquivel — Argentine Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1931)
• Adolfo Bioy Casares — Argentine novelist (1914–1999)
• Adolfo López Mateos — President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964 (1910–1969)
• Adolfo Rodríguez Saá — Interim President of Argentina in 2001 (born 1947)
• Adolfo Celi — Italian actor (1922–1986)
• Adolfo de la Huerta — President of Mexico in 1920 (1881–1955)
• Adolfo Ruiz Cortines — President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958 (1890–1973)

In stories & tradition

• Adolfo Pirelli — Fictional character from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

What Adolfos become

Among 1,109 notable people named Adolfo:

Military figures appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes, Brazilian doctor, politician, military officer, and Spiritist (1831–1900).

Similar names: Octavio · Adonai · Rodolfo · Gonzalo · Osvaldo · Agustin

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