Adenike — #12393 US girls' name
237 babies named Adenike in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Adenike was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Adenike in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adenike
The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Adenike between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adenike currently holds the #12393 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adenike performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Adenike shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Adenike in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adenike 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 237 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.
Adenike at a glance
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Current rank
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Adenike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #12393 among girls.
237 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 13 births in a single year.
Adenike by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 58 births that decade — 24% of Adenike's all-time total
Adenike decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Adenike's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Adenike by state
Where Adenike concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.5% |
6 of 237 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2024 (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.