Adeyemi comes from the Yoruba / WestAfrican tradition, meaning "Royalty" or "Crown brings joy".
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How popular is Adeyemi?
1996peak year
Today, Adeyemi is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10180), with only about 8 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1996, 11 babies were given the name (ranked #5190 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Adeyemi's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 159 babies have been registered as Adeyemi since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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