Damilola

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Damilola: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Damilola: Recorded since 1996, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#4564
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#2705
2016	#2966
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2021	#3192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2008: #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3005 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2005
Highest recorded position: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2005).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Damilola appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 91 births with the name.

Damilola across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Damilola's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1761 (1997)	#4991 (2023)	21 of 28	91 (1996–2023)	7 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2705 (2015)	#3192 (2021)	19 of 26	101 (1996–2021)	9 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#518 (2005)	3 of 3	9 (2003–2005)	3 (2003)

Damilola by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Damilola in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	30	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	38	8 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Damilola appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Damilola's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Damian · #46, 62y
Damien · #34, 62y
Damion · #250, 28y
Damir · #244, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ata · #500, 23y
Basit · #500, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y

Damilola was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Damilola and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Damilola without appearing here.

Damilola moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4764 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Damilola

Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2705 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1977.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1110.
Arne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2804 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2960.

Moved the opposite way to Damilola

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Damilola

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Damilola went from #2357 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Damilola

Damilola at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Damilola across 3 official records

Damilola by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Damilola across 3 official records

Damilola by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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