Kayode
Boy · kah-YOH-deh · Yoruba
Kayode is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “he brought joy”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kayode mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, often short for Olukayode
“he brought joy”
A Yoruba name meaning '(he) brought joy home', often a short form of longer names such as Olukayode.
- Say it
- kah-YOH-deh
Is Kayode a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayode 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 Kayode in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kayode in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kayode in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kayode 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 Kayode, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer boys named Kayode than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Kayode in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayode in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Kayode
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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