Olawale

Boys' name

Wealth has come home

Olawale has been given to 120 babies in the U.S. since 1980. 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 2020, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Olawale, 2021

1 in 484,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Olawale: meaning, origin, and history

Wealth has come home

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Olawale means

Olawale means “wealth has come home”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Olawale is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 120 boys were recorded with the name Olawale between 1980 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2020; its best national rank was #6,026 in 1980.

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 Olawale?

Olawale had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 250,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,678 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Olawale 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 2021 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 335,678 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olawale. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olawales were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Olawale was born before 2005 — so the typical Olawale is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 120; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Olawale 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 2020 (9)
Years since peak: 5; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,026; 1980

Olawale around the world

Where Olawale 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
1996–2024
#4,271
in 2024

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

Olawale 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: #6,026; 1980
Peak year: 2020; 9 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 120
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Olawale

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

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Sibling names for Olawale

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

Dior Kamiyah Haisley Harmoni Melani Lianna Denisse Remy

For a brother

Kannon Kaison Santana Keanu Henri Joziah Ishaan Rian

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