Ayodele
Boy · ah-YOH-deh-lay · Yoruba
Ayodele is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “joy has come home”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Ayodele mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba ayo 'joy' + de 'arrive' + ile 'home'
“joy has come home”
A Yoruba name given to boys and girls whose birth brings joy to the family.
- Say it
- ah-YOH-deh-lay
Is Ayodele a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayodele 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 Ayodele in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ayodele in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Ayodele in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Ayodele in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Ayodele, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Ayodele in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayodele in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
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