Adenike
Adenike is a feminine given name of Yoruba origin, commonly used in Nigeria. The name is derived from three Yoruba components: “Ade”, “Ni”, and “Ike”. Together, Adenike translates to "the crown is to be cared for or treasured." Morphologically, it is written as adé-ní-ìkẹ́ and is pronounced with the tonal combination Adéníìkẹ́.
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Adenike
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adenike is a feminine given name of Yoruba origin, commonly used in Nigeria. The name is derived from three Yoruba components: “Ade”, “Ni”, and “Ike”. Together, Adenike translates to "the crown is to be cared for or treasured." Morphologically, it is written as adé-ní-ìkẹ́ and is pronounced with the tonal combination Adéníìkẹ́.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Adenike
The earliest SSA record of Adenike as a baby girl name dates back to 1972, when 7 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Adenike — #6,652 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Adenike on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Adenike last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 237 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adenike
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Adenike. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Adenike
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- Adenine
- Adonize
- Adonais
- Atomik
- Edenic
- Adonic
- Adena
- Addon
- Adamite
- Zdenek
- Adenous
- Adun
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About the name Adenike
Adenike is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 237 births in the dataset. Adenike's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #6,652. Use the chart and map above to compare Adenike'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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