How Many People Are Named Adewale?
An estimated 200 people in the United States have the first name Adewale. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Adewale peaked in popularity in 1995 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Adewale as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Adewale paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
200
About 1 in 1,713,772 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1995
12 births
Total Registered
205
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Adewale
Adewale is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 205 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Adewale as a male name
Ranked #8,960 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 1995 (12 births)
Adewale: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Adewale span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 54 babies were registered. While Adewale is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Adewale by Decade
How has Adewale tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Adewale + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Adewale as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Adewale: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adewale?
We estimate approximately 200 people named Adewale are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,713,772 Americans share this first name.
Is Adewale a common name?
Adewale is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 205 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Adewale most popular?
Adewale reached peak popularity in 1995, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Adewale is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Adewale a male name?
Adewale is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Adewale Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Adewale Smith, Adewale Johnson, Adewale Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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