Ademola
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DEH-moh-lah
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Ademola is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the crown joined with wealth”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Ademola mean?
Yoruba: ade 'crown' + mo + ola 'wealth'
“the crown joined with wealth”
Like many Yoruba names beginning Ade-, it is typically given in families with royal or chiefly ties.
Is Ademola a girl's or a boy's name?
Ademola is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ademola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 183% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ademola, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ademola than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Ademola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Ademola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ademola in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Ademola in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ademola in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Nicknames for Ademola
- Demola
- Ade 11 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Ademola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Araoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Enioluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Ayomide, Chukwuebuka, Oluwatobi, Boluwatife, Adedamola
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ademola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ademola, updated 20 October 2026.