boys:
197 births since 1974
#4389 (4th percentile)
overall:
197 births since 1974
#7542 (3rd percentile)
The name Adewale is the #7,542 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 197 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,389 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 197 births since 1974.
Adewale first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for boys in 1974). Birth data for Adewale is available in 30 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Adewale reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #793) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Adewale ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 45.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adewale".
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Our model has identified 20 different pronunciations for the name Adewale. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 18.4% confident that Adewale is pronounced as ah-deh-WAH-lay, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-DEH-wuh-lee, at 13.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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