Recorded 1993–2015 Girls' name Peak 1993 41 births

Adaobi — girls' name

41 babies named Adaobi in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s192000s112010s11
1990s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Adaobi was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

7 babies were named Adaobi in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Adaobi

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Adaobi between 1993 and 2015, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adaobi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adaobi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Adaobi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adaobi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 41 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Adaobi at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

41

Since 1993

23 years of records

Peak year

1993

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1993

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2015

Adaobi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1993

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1993)
7
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2015201220092006199719961993 7

Adaobi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
19 births that decade — 46% of Adaobi's all-time total
1990s192000s112010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adaobi?
41 babies have been named Adaobi since 1993. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1993 with 7 births.
When was Adaobi most popular?
Adaobi was most popular in the 1990s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Adaobi been used?
Adaobi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 23 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Adaobi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ada, Adalynn, Adalyn, Adaline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.