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> Adolph last peaked in 1913 . It will next peak as a baby name in 2029. Well it's bound to come back someday I guess, 2029 is as good a time as any :)

jballanc 12y ago
Realistically, how frequently to you hear the infamous 20th century leader referred to as "Adolph Hitler" today, as opposed to just "Hitler" (or, "literally Hitler")? I think by 2029 the fact that his first name was "Adolph" will fall into the pile of "mostly obscure history facts".
- theseoafs 12y ago
  Totally disagree. I call Hitler "Hitler", but whenever I hear the name "Adolf" I think of Hitler as well. That name is done in America.
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    Things can change in another generation. By 2029, American kids born after 9/11 will be having and naming kids of their own, so "Osama" might be the #1 name to avoid, with WW2 less significant in their perceptions.
ccernaf 12y ago
I'm surprised at Winston and Franklin - I'm pretty confident that the bump/spike was due to Churchill and Roosevelt. Barack unfortunately was not in the list, so we can't compare that. But compare that to Joseph (Stalin), also a common name, which didn't experience a dip. But then again, neither did Adolph. Is there a name that experienced a dip, and then became popular again, due to a significant person?
- deckiedan 12y ago
  I would guess that Joseph wouldn't dip due to the huge number of other famous Josephs. (St. Joseph being the most famous). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_%28name%29#People_known_as_Joseph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_%28name%29#People_known_... Compared to Winston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_%28name%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_%28name%29) which is only common in British/American history.
allendoerfer 12y ago
In Germany even obscure codes like "88" (H is the 8th character in the alphabet) are referred to Nazis. This happended just a few days ago: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/ariel-detergent-nazi-code_n_5296892.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/ariel-detergent-naz... There are special rules for license plates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Germany#Prohibited_combinations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_... So i highly doubt, that a German non-nazi child will ever be named Adolf again.

jballanc 12y ago

Realistically, how frequently to you hear the infamous 20th century leader referred to as "Adolph Hitler" today, as opposed to just "Hitler" (or, "literally Hitler")? I think by 2029 the fact that his first name was "Adolph" will fall into the pile of "mostly obscure history facts".

theseoafs 12y ago
Totally disagree. I call Hitler "Hitler", but whenever I hear the name "Adolf" I think of Hitler as well. That name is done in America.
- nitrogen 12y ago
  Things can change in another generation. By 2029, American kids born after 9/11 will be having and naming kids of their own, so "Osama" might be the #1 name to avoid, with WW2 less significant in their perceptions.

ccernaf 12y ago

I'm surprised at Winston and Franklin - I'm pretty confident that the bump/spike was due to Churchill and Roosevelt. Barack unfortunately was not in the list, so we can't compare that. But compare that to Joseph (Stalin), also a common name, which didn't experience a dip. But then again, neither did Adolph. Is there a name that experienced a dip, and then became popular again, due to a significant person?

deckiedan 12y ago
I would guess that Joseph wouldn't dip due to the huge number of other famous Josephs. (St. Joseph being the most famous). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_%28name%29#People_known_as_Joseph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_%28name%29#People_known_... Compared to Winston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_%28name%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_%28name%29) which is only common in British/American history.

allendoerfer 12y ago

In Germany even obscure codes like "88" (H is the 8th character in the alphabet) are referred to Nazis. This happended just a few days ago: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/ariel-detergent-nazi-code_n_5296892.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/ariel-detergent-naz... There are special rules for license plates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Germany#Prohibited_combinations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_... So i highly doubt, that a German non-nazi child will ever be named Adolf again.