Adenike
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-deh-NEE-keh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Adenike is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the crown is to be cherished”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Adenike mean?
Yoruba
“the crown is to be cherished”
Yoruba name; the ade (crown) element usually marks a family of royal descent.
Is Adenike a girl's or a boy's name?
Adenike is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adenike in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Adenike, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Adenike than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Adenike in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Adenike in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Adenike in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Adenike in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adenike in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Nicknames for Adenike
Names like Adenike
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide Tiwatope Oluwatamilore Iremide Araoluwa Anjolaoluwa Adesuwa Temiloluwa Ifeoluwa Eriifeoluwa Inioluwa Ireoluwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa Tobi Oluwadarasimi Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Obaloluwa Oluwatobiloba Oreoluwa Sade Oluwademilade Tifeoluwa Olamide Akorede Imisioluwa Oluwadunsin
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, “Adenike: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adenike, updated 20 October 2026.