Adebola — unisex name
45 babies named Adebola in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Adebola was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Adebola in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adebola
The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Adebola between 1978 and 2017, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adebola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Adebola is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adebola performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Adebola shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adebola 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 45 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.
Adebola at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Adebola popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
45 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 6 births in a single year.
Adebola popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 1987 (Adebola as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Adebola accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Adebola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 16 births that decade — 36% of Adebola's all-time total
Adebola decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Adebola's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–2017 (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.