Adebola
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ah-deh-BOH-la
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Adebola is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the crown meets wealth”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Adebola mean?
Yoruba: from ade 'crown' + ba 'meet' + ola 'wealth, honour'
“the crown meets wealth”
Yoruba names beginning Ade- traditionally mark a family of royal descent.
Is Adebola a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Adebola has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK.
How popular is Adebola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Adebola, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Adebola of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Adebola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
Nicknames for Adebola
- Bola
- Ade 11 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Adebola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Araoluwa Enioluwa Obaloluwa Ireoluwa Inioluwa Ifeoluwa Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Ademide Chukwuebuka Tobechukwu Oluwadunsin
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa Tobi Oluwadarasimi Oluwatamilore Iremide Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Temiloluwa Oreoluwa Sade Oluwademilade Anjolaoluwa Tifeoluwa Olamide Akorede
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adebola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adebola, updated 20 October 2026.