Boys' name · since 1974
Adewale
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 210 babies named Adewale, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,364 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adewale is the #12364 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 210 recorded since 1974.
Adewale has 210 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12364 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #12,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,364 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adewale ranks #12,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 210 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,364 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adewale's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Adewale compares
210 39th 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
Adewale's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adewale | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Adewale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adewale's full recorded timeline at 2002, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adewale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Adewale by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Adewale's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Adewale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Adewale's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adewale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Adewale 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.