Adedayo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-deh-DAH-yoh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Adedayo is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the crown has become joy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Adedayo mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, from ade 'crown' + dayo 'becomes joy'
“the crown has become joy”
Yoruba names beginning Ade-, 'crown', traditionally belong to families with royal connections.
Is Adedayo a girl's or a boy's name?
Adedayo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adedayo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Adedayo, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Adedayo than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Adedayo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Adedayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
Nicknames for Adedayo
- Dayo
Names like Adedayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Araoluwa, Ademide, Ayomide, Enioluwa, Tobechukwu, Ireoluwa, Oluwadunsin, Obaloluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Ifechukwu, Oluwafikayomi
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide
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, “Adedayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adedayo, updated 20 October 2026.