Ade
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-day
- Origin
- Yoruba
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Ade is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “crown”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Ade mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba word, also a short form of Ade- names
“crown”
Yoruba for crown, and a short form of names such as Adewale and Adebayo.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ade a girl's or a boy's name?
Ade is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Ade, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Ade in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ade in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
Names like Ade
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide Kwame Obi Kobe Om Omari Atom Tadeo Azure Tobin Slade Onyx
Names related to Ade
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa Tobi Oluwadarasimi Oluwatamilore Ireoluwa Inioluwa Ifeoluwa Iremide Araoluwa Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Temiloluwa Obaloluwa Oluwatobiloba Oreoluwa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ade: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ade, updated 20 October 2026.