Olusegun

Boys' name

God conquers

Olusegun has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 1976. 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 1985, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Olusegun, 2006

1 in 791,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Olusegun: meaning, origin, and history

God conquers

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Olusegun means

Olusegun means “God conquers”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Olusegun is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 77 boys were recorded with the name Olusegun between 1976 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1985; its best national rank was #4,965 in 1977.

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 Olusegun?

Olusegun had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only: 1 in 411,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Olusegun 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 2006 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 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olusegun. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oluseguns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Olusegun was born before 1988 — so the typical Olusegun is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 77; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Olusegun 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 1985 (8)
Years since peak: 40; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,965; 1977

Olusegun around the world

Where Olusegun 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
#5,120
in 2024

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

Olusegun 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: #4,965; 1977
Peak year: 1985; 8 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 77
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Olusegun

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

Sibling names for Olusegun

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

Linsey Candis Kristan Santana Chiquita Kandice Daniel Domonique

For a brother

Whitney Marques Shea Derik Derrell Brenton Antoine Jerrod

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