Olumide

Boys' name

My God has come

Olumide has been given to 164 babies in the U.S. since 1977. 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 2015, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Olumide, 2021

1 in 678,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Olumide: meaning, origin, and history

My God has come

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Olumide means

Olumide means “my God has come”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Olumide is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 164 boys were recorded with the name Olumide between 1977 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2015; its best national rank was #5,444 in 1982.

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 Olumide?

Olumide 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 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 350,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Olumide 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 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olumide. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olumides were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Olumide was born before 2007 — so the typical Olumide is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 34.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 66.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 164; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 34.1% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Olumide 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 2015 (11)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,444; 1982

Olumide around the world

Where Olumide 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
1996–2025
#4,275
in 2025
Ireland
2004–2004
#506
in 2004

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.

Olumide 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: #5,444; 1982
Peak year: 2015; 11 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 164
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Olumide

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

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Sibling names for Olumide

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

Aliah Jessa Coraline Milana Alannah Arden Averi Karleigh

For a brother

Caesar Taj Crosby Kolten Immanuel Raylan Emmet Aarav

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