Boys' name · since 1979
Adebayo
Adebayo has 137 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Adebayo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 137 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Adebayo recorded 137 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #15,346 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 137 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adebayo ranks #15,346 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Adebayo's 137 recorded births place it above 66.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adebayo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adebayo's full recorded timeline at 1999, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adebayo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Adebayo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (48 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Adebayo's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Adebayo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Adebayo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adebayo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.