Adewale
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-deh-WAH-leh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Adewale is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the crown has come home”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Adewale mean?
Yoruba: ade 'crown' + wale 'comes home'
“the crown has come home”
Ade- names, built on the Yoruba word for crown, are traditionally associated with royal families.
Is Adewale a girl's or a boy's name?
Adewale is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adewale in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 boys.
Adewale in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Adewale in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Adewale, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Adewale in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adewale in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Nicknames for Adewale
- Ade 11 boys in the US in 2025
- Wale
Names like Adewale
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Ademide, Boluwatife, Oluwademilade, Iremide, Oluwatamilore, Tobechukwu, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobi, Ifeoluwa, Araoluwa, Ireoluwa
Names related to Adewale
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Inioluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa
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, “Adewale: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adewale, updated 20 October 2026.