Adetola — boys' name
10 babies named Adetola in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Adetola was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Adetola in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adetola
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Adetola between 1989 and 2022, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adetola currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adetola performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Adetola shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adetola 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 10 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.
Adetola at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Adetola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
10 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 5 births in a single year.
Adetola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Adetola's all-time total
Adetola decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Adetola's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1989–2022 (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.