Adeola
Adéọlá is both a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "the crown or royalty of prestige and wealth". Notable people with the name include:
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Adeola
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adéọlá is both a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "the crown or royalty of prestige and wealth". Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Adeola
As a girl name
Adeola first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 15 births, good for #6,954 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 25% of all recorded Adeolas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 417 Adeolas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Adeola on the record books as a boy name in 1986, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 7 Adeolas were born — ranking #8,926 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Adeolas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 43 Adeolas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Adeola
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Names that sound like Adeola
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About the name Adeola
Adeola is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 417 births in the dataset. Adeola's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #6,954. Use the chart and map above to compare Adeola'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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