Olanrewaju

Boys' name

Wealth goes forward

Olanrewaju has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 1974. 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 1990, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Olanrewaju, 2024

1 in 669,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Olanrewaju: meaning, origin, and history

Wealth goes forward

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Olanrewaju means

Olanrewaju means “wealth goes forward”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Olanrewaju is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 boys were recorded with the name Olanrewaju between 1974 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1990; its best national rank was #5,771 in 1974.

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 Olanrewaju?

Olanrewaju had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Olanrewaju 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 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olanrewaju. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olanrewajus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Olanrewaju was born before 2008 — so the typical Olanrewaju is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 27.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 61.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 27.5% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Olanrewaju 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 1990 (6)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,771; 1974

Olanrewaju around the world

Where Olanrewaju 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
1999–2025
#3,256
in 2025
Ireland
2003–2003
#500
in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Central Statistics Office. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.

Olanrewaju 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: #5,771; 1974
Peak year: 1990; 6 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Olanrewaju

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

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Sibling names for Olanrewaju

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

Kacy Kortney Mai Shante Kathryne Jessika Brittni Kristian

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Kelsey

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