Adebola

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The crown meets wealth

Adebola has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Adebola, 2017

1 in 715,000

Adebola over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adebola over time

In 2024, Adebola went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19782024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adebola: meaning, origin, and history

The crown meets wealth

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adebola means

Adebola means “the crown meets wealth”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Adebola is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Adebola between 1978 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1978; its best national rank was #8,562 in 1978.

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Adebola between 1987 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1987; its best national rank was #6,952 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Adebola?

Adebola had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among girls only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adebola sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adebola. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adebolas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adebola was born before 2001 — so the typical Adebola is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.6% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Adebola rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1978 (6)
Years since peak: 47; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,562; 1978

Spellings of Adebola

Adebola is not the most common spelling — Debora is, with 59.9% against Adebola's 0.09%.

Debora59.9%30,133
Adela28.1%14,105
Adella11.9%5,998
Adebola0.09%45

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Adebola around the world

Where Adebola ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2002–2024
#5,892
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Adebola by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,562; 1978
Peak year: 1978; 6 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 45
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,952; 1987
Peak year: 1987; 5 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Adebola

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Adebola

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shanta Cory Imelda Lakesha Cristy Jason Bambi Kevin

For a brother

Delvin Cedrick Torrey Jed Kristofer Tory Rodrick Leopoldo

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