Adedoyin
Adédoyin is a unisex first name and surname of Yoruba origin. As a native name of the Yoruba culture in West Africa, its meaning is "the crown or royalty has become sweet ".
Meaning & Origin of Adedoyin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adédoyin is a unisex first name and surname of Yoruba origin. As a native name of the Yoruba culture in West Africa, its meaning is "the crown or royalty has become sweet ".
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The Story of Adedoyin
As a girl name
American parents first put Adedoyin on the record books as a girl name in 1992, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 7 Adedoyins were born — ranking #13,603 that year. About 41% of every Adedoyin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Adedoyin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Adedoyin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2016, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 5 births, good for #12,182 nationwide. Adedoyin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Adedoyin
Adedoyin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Adedoyin's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #13,603. Use the chart and map above to compare Adedoyin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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