Ayodele
Ayodele or Ayodelé is a Yoruba name meaning "joy arrived home"
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Ayodele
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayodele or Ayodelé is a Yoruba name meaning "joy arrived home"
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Ayodele
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Ayodele as a girl name dates back to 1971, when 9 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Ayodele — #5,543 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Ayodele on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Ayodele last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 98 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ayodele on the record books as a boy name in 1973, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 14 Ayodeles were born — ranking #3,523 that year. About 29% of every Ayodele on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Ayodele last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 256 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ayodele
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ayodele. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ayodele
Phonetically similar names — useful when Ayodele is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Adle
- Adal
- Hdl
- Cuddle
- Huddle
- Muddle
- Nuddle
- Nudel
- Guddle
- Middle
- Medal
- Meddle
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Ayodele
Ayodele is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 256 births in the dataset. Ayodele's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #3,523. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayodele'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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