Ayodeji — #10171 US boys' name
277 babies named Ayodeji in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Ayodeji was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Ayodeji in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ayodeji
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Ayodeji between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ayodeji currently holds the #10171 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayodeji performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ayodeji shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ayodeji in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ayodeji 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 277 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.
Ayodeji at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ayodeji popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #10171 among boys.
277 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 12 births in a single year.
Ayodeji by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 32% of Ayodeji's all-time total
Ayodeji decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ayodeji's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Ayodeji by state
Where Ayodeji concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 277 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2024 (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.