Adeyemi

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

The crown is suitable for me

Adeyemi has been given to 159 babies in the U.S. since 1972. 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 1996, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Adeyemi, 2024

1 in 669,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19722024

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.

Adeyemi: meaning, origin, and history

The crown is suitable for me

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adeyemi means

Adeyemi means “the crown is suitable for me”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Adeyemi is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 149 boys were recorded with the name Adeyemi between 1972 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1996; its best national rank was #4,426 in 1976.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Adeyemi between 2019 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2019; its best national rank was #15,345 in 2022.

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 Adeyemi?

Adeyemi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adeyemi 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 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adeyemi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adeyemis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adeyemi was born before 2000 — so the typical Adeyemi is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 27.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 149; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 27.5% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Adeyemi 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 1996 (11)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,426; 1976

Adeyemi around the world

Where Adeyemi 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
1998–2025
#4,275
in 2025

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

Adeyemi 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: #4,426; 1976
Peak year: 1996; 11 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 149
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,345; 2022
Peak year: 2019; 5 that year
First recorded: 2019
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Adeyemi

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

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Sibling names for Adeyemi

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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