Babatunde

Boys' name

Father has come again

Babatunde has been given to 344 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1995, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Babatunde, 2010

1 in 528,000

Babatunde over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Babatunde: meaning, origin, and history

Father has come again

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Babatunde means

Babatunde means “father has come again”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Babatunde is used in Yoruba.

Another recorded pronunciation is /bà.bá.tún.dé/ for Babatunde.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 344 boys were recorded with the name Babatunde between 1971 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1995; its best national rank was #2,942 in 1978.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Babatunde?

Babatunde had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 528,000; 7 of 3,695,928 births
Among boys only: 1 in 274,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 365,976 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Babatunde sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 365,976 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Babatunde. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Babatundes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Babatunde was born before 1990 — so the typical Babatunde is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 31.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 64.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 344; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 31.4% of all recorded uses (108).

Is Babatunde rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1995 (20)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,942; 1978

Where Babatunde is used

Across 1910–2025, Babatunde was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,092,916 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Illinois1 in —
2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Babatunde has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Babatunde around the world

Where Babatunde ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2012
#3,987
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Babatunde by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,942; 1978
Peak year: 1995; 20 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 344
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Babatunde

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Babatunde

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Salena Corrina Darby Alexandrea Iman Fabiola Alex Austin

For a brother

Hernan Rashawn Travon Madison Austen Deonte Denton Austyn

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