Boys' name · since 1973
Ayinde
Ayinde has 444 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,351 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 444
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayinde currently ranks #12351 among boys' names in America, with 444 babies recorded since 1973.
Ayinde has 444 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12351 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #8,464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,351 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 444 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayinde ranks #8,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,351 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 444 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,351 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 444
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayinde's 444 recorded births place it above 81.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ayinde compares
444 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Ayinde's all-time total is 20% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayinde | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 444 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ayinde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayinde splits its recorded history at 1998: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayinde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Ayinde by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (158 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Ayinde's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Ayinde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s 54
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
158 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s 44
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158 births (36% of all-time use).
Ayinde by state
Where Ayinde concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 16 | 3.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
16 of 444 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Ayinde's data
- Ayinde's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ayindes (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayinde: 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 (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Ayinde 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.