Boys' name · since 1981
Adekunle
82 babies named Adekunle in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
82 boys have been named Adekunle since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Adekunle has 82 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2022.
- #18,686 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 82 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adekunle ranks #18,686 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Adekunle's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adekunle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adekunle splits its recorded history at 1997: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adekunle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2022
- Peak year (1993)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Adekunle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (31 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Adekunle's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Adekunle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Adekunle's decade-level peak was the 1990s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Adekunle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1981–2022 (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 Adekunle 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.