Adewale — #9160 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Adewale

The Social Security Administration has registered 205 babies named Adewale between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adewale currently holds the #9160 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adewale performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Adewale shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adewale 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 205 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.