Unisex name · since 1973
Ayodele
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 261 babies named Ayodele, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,409 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,353 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayodele currently ranks #12353 among unisex names in America, with 261 babies recorded since 1973.
Ayodele has 261 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12353 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.
- #11,409 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,353 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 261 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayodele ranks #11,409 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,353 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 261 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,409 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,353 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayodele's 261 recorded births place it above 74.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ayodele compares
261 43rd 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
Ayodele's all-time total is 29% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayodele | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 261 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ayodele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayodele splits its recorded history at 1996: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayodele popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Ayodele popularity over time - girls
98 total births recorded since 1971 (Ayodele as girls' name)
Ayodele by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (74 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Ayodele's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Ayodele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 74 births (28% of all-time use).
Ayodele by state
Where Ayodele concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 6.5% |
17 of 261 births nationwide.
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- Ayodele's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ayodeles (17 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ayodele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
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 Ayodele 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.