Adewale

#12,033 in 2025Boys' name

The crown has come home

Adewale has been given to 210 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #12,033 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Adewale, 2025

1 in 663,000

Adewale over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Adewale: meaning, origin, and history

The crown has come home

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adewale means

Adewale means “the crown has come home”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Adewale is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 210 boys were recorded with the name Adewale between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1995; its best national rank was #3,856 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,750 in 2020 to #12,033 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,117 in 2015 to #12,033 in 2025.

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 Adewale?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,033; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adewale 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 2025 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adewale. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adewales were born

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

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 25.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 52.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 210; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 25.7% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Adewale 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: −3,038; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −3,283; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +84; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 41.7%; Peak was 1995 (12)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,856; 1978

Spellings of Adewale

Adewale is not the most common spelling — Dewane is, with 70.8% against Adewale's 29.2%.

Dewane70.8%508
Adewale29.2%210

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.

Adewale around the world

Where Adewale 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
1997–2022
#4,002
in 2022

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

Adewale by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,033
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 3,283
Best rank ever: #3,856; 1978
Peak year: 1995; 12 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 210
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Adewale

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

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Sibling names for Adewale

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

Salena Breonna Breann Danyelle Cydney Sydni Ciera Reanna

For a brother

Elizabeth Coty Brandan Jarod Samual Trever Mitchel Madison

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