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Femi

#13,762 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Short form of Olufemi

Femi has been given to 83 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #13,762 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% girls, 39% boys all-time.

Babies named Femi, 2025

1 in 553,000

Femi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Femi over time

In 2025, Femi went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Femi: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Olufemi

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Femi means

Femi is a short form of Olufemi.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Femi is used in Yoruba.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Femi → Olufemi. The family’s meaning is “God loves me”, recorded in the naming reference for Olufemi.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Olufemi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 51 girls were recorded with the name Femi between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,080 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,576 in 2020 to #13,762 in 2025.

In the United States, 32 boys were recorded with the name Femi between 1985 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1995; its best national rank was #6,877 in 1985.

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.

How common is Femi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,762
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Femi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Femi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Femis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Femi was born before 2019 — so the typical Femi is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
43.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
51
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 43.1% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Femi 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
−1,186
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2023 (9)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,080
1977

Spellings of Femi

Femi is not the most common spelling — Teri is, with 11.1% against Femi's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Femi around the world

Where Femi 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
    1999–2012
    #4,838
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Femi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,762
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,186
Best rank ever
#7,080
1977
Peak year
2023
9 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
51
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,877
1985
Peak year
1995
7 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
32
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Femi

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

TemiZemiHemiKemiAdlemiZoemiRhemiJaemiAremiJemiYemiJeremiYaremiFemkeSoemiXoemiLemiRaemiKoemiMoremiAkemiSeremiZhoemiOlukemi

Sibling names for Femi

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

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