Adeyemi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DAY-yeh-mee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Adeyemi is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the crown suits me”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Adeyemi mean?
Yoruba
“the crown suits me”
Yoruba name beginning with ade 'crown', an element that traditionally marks royal lineage; also a common Nigerian surname.
Is Adeyemi a girl's or a boy's name?
Adeyemi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adeyemi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Adeyemi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Adeyemi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Adeyemi in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Adeyemi in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adeyemi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Nicknames for Adeyemi
- Yemi
Names like Adeyemi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwatobi, Oluwafikayomi, Ayodeji, Ayomide, Araoluwa, Oluwadarasimi, Ademide, Tobechukwu, Enioluwa, Obi, Oluwadunsin, Ifeoluwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwatamilore, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa
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, “Adeyemi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adeyemi, updated 20 October 2026.