Kayode

#12,980 in 2025Boys' name

Bringing joy

Kayode has been given to 203 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #12,980 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Kayode, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kayode: meaning, origin, and history

Bringing joy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kayode means

Kayode means “bringing joy”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kayode is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 203 boys were recorded with the name Kayode between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2022; its best national rank was #3,725 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,803 in 2020 to #12,980 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,419 in 2015 to #12,980 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 Kayode?

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: #12,980; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kayode 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 Kayode. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kayodes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kayode was born before 2005 — so the typical Kayode is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 23.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 203; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 23.2% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Kayode 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: −1,308; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −5,177; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,561; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.83×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 45.5%; Peak was 2022 (11)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,725; 1977

Spellings of Kayode

Kayode is not the most common spelling — Kayden is, with 67.5% against Kayode's 0.19%.

Kayden67.5%73,606
Kade21.4%23,294
Kayce3.0%3,316
Kayne2.2%2,390
Wayde2.1%2,304
Cayde1.5%1,676
Kayde0.58%638
Kayle0.57%626

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.

Kayode around the world

Where Kayode 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
1996–2024
#5,120
in 2024

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

Kayode by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,980
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 5,177
Best rank ever: #3,725; 1977
Peak year: 2022; 11 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 203
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Kayode

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

Kayzen Kayton Kayven Kayler Kaynan Kayhan Kaylem Kaylum Kayron Kaysan Kaydyn Kaysyn Kaynen Kaysin Kayveon Kaydenn Kayaan Kaylor Kaycee Kaylin Kaylix Kayston Kaydan Kayon

Sibling names for Kayode

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

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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