Unisex name · since 1978
Adebola
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.
- #36,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
45 girls have been named Adebola since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Adebola recorded 45 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2017.
- #36,091 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adebola ranks #36,091 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #36,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adebola's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adebola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adebola splits its recorded history at 2008: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adebola popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2017
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Adebola popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1987 (Adebola as boys' name)
Adebola by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Adebola's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Adebola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (36% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adebola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1978–2017 (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 Adebola 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.