Oluwafemi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oluwafemi: Recorded since 1996, it reached #596 in 2006, and it stood at #4,107 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1052
1998	#1367
1999	#1505
2000	#1889
2001	#1746
2002	#1799
2003	#1513
2004	#1498
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#1578
2008	#2507
2009	#3744
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#2721
2013	#3822
2015	#3908
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#3411
2021	#3017
2022	#3449
2023	#4107

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2006: #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2538 among boys 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 #2357 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 recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Oluwafemi 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 Oluwafemi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	74	10 of 10	7
2010s	41	9 of 10	5
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Oluwafemi 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: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Oluwafemi'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	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	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	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	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 #596, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 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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Oluwafikayomi · #2671, 10y

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.

Alberto · #596, 28y
Anand · #596, 29y
Cale · #596, 21y
Gian · #596, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alberto · #596, 28y
Albin · #596, 17y
Anand · #596, 29y
Cale · #596, 21y

Oluwafemi was ranked #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. 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.

Oluwafemi 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 Oluwafemi without appearing here.

Oluwafemi moved ahead of

Ada Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #3830 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Nils Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #3990.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Oluwafemi

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2325.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Oluwafemi

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Oluwafemi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Oluwafemi went from #2357 to #4107 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Oluwafemi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oluwafemi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Oluwafemi at a glance

Oluwafemi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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