Akorede
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-ko-REH-deh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
Akorede is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “one who brings good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies).
What does Akorede mean?
Yoruba: from ko, 'gather', ire, 'goodness', and de, 'arrive'
“one who brings good fortune”
Is Akorede a girl's or a boy's name?
Akorede is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akorede in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,537th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 567% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Akorede, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Akorede of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Akorede in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Akorede in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
Names like Akorede
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ademide, Ayomide, Iremide, Oluwatamilore, Boluwatife, Araoluwa, Oluwademilade, Tobechukwu, Obaloluwa, Ireoluwa, Oluwadunsin, Inioluwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Ifeoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Imisioluwa, Eriifeoluwa
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, “Akorede: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akorede, updated 20 October 2026.