Ayodele**
#8,769 most common boys' name of all time · #22,183 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,769
Rank overall
#22,183 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
359
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1988 #3,645
Best rank
#3,645 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Ayodele first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,350 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,161 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,953 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,798 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,477 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,985 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,068 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,947 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,143 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,605 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,482 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,318 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,716 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,996 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #7,378 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,005 |
| 1997 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #7,563 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,428 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,675 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,125 |
| 1993 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #8,041 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,956 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,180 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,665 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,409 |
| 1988 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #3,645 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #6,363 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,561 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,328 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,806 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,876 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #5,277 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,432 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,069 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,544 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,969 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | — |