Olaoluwa

maleStatistical record

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

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

Olaoluwa: Recorded since 1996, it reached #451 in 2002, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2022	#4645

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 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Olaoluwa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 124 births with the name.

Olaoluwa across 2 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.

Olaoluwa'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	#1591 (1996)	#1485 (1998)	#3688 (2024)	23 of 29	124 (1996–2024)	11 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#3998 (2001)	#4645 (2022)	4 of 22	13 (2001–2022)	4 (2022)

Olaoluwa 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 Olaoluwa in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	34	7 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	48	8 of 10	6
2020s	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Olaoluwa 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Olaoluwa'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	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 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 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.

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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.

Akeem · #451, 29y
Alin · #451, 20y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akeem · #451, 29y
Anderson · #451, 29y
Ayooluwa · #451, 11y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Olaoluwa was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Olaoluwa 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 Olaoluwa without appearing here.

Olaoluwa moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Olaoluwa

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2270 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.
Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1485 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1202.
Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1485 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.

Moved the opposite way to Olaoluwa

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Olaoluwa

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olaoluwa went from #1591 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Olaoluwa

Olaoluwa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olaoluwa across 2 official records

Olaoluwa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Olaoluwa at a glance

Olaoluwa across 2 official records

Olaoluwa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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