Adetokunbo

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

The crown returns from over the sea

Adetokunbo has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 1976. 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 1991, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Adetokunbo, 2018

1 in 586,000

Adetokunbo over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Adetokunbo over time

In 2018, Adetokunbo went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19762018

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.

Adetokunbo: meaning, origin, and history

The crown returns from over the sea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adetokunbo means

Adetokunbo means “the crown returns from over the sea”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Adetokunbo is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 104 boys were recorded with the name Adetokunbo between 1976 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1991; its best national rank was #4,424 in 1976.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Adetokunbo between 1981 and 1981. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1981; its best national rank was #10,420 in 1981.

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 Adetokunbo?

Adetokunbo had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 586,000; 6 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 303,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 406,284 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adetokunbo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 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 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adetokunbo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adetokunbos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adetokunbo was born before 1990 — so the typical Adetokunbo is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 33.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 34.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 104; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 33.7% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Adetokunbo 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 1991 (8)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,424; 1976

Where Adetokunbo is used

Across 1910–2025, Adetokunbo was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adetokunbo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Adetokunbo around the world

Where Adetokunbo 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
2001–2024
#4,271
in 2024

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

Adetokunbo by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,424; 1976
Peak year: 1991; 8 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 104
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,420; 1981
Peak year: 1981; 5 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 1981
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Adetokunbo

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

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Sibling names for Adetokunbo

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

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For a brother

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