Boys' name · since 1997
Adetayo
Adetayo has 22 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,716 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 22
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
22 babies have been named Adetayo since 1997, making it today's #12716 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adetayo has been recorded 22 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #12716 nationally and more common than 9% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #28,031 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,716 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 22 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adetayo ranks #28,031 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,716 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 22 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,716 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 22
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adetayo's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Adetayo compares
22 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adetayo's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adetayo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 22 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Adetayo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adetayo's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adetayo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Adetayo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Adetayo's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Adetayo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adetayo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Adetayo 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.