Oluwakemi

Girls' name

God cares for me

Oluwakemi has been given to 243 babies in the U.S. since 1981. 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 2000, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Oluwakemi, 2024

1 in 478,000

Oluwakemi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Oluwakemi: meaning, origin, and history

God cares for me

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oluwakemi means

Oluwakemi means “God cares for me”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Oluwakemi is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 243 girls were recorded with the name Oluwakemi between 1981 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2000; its best national rank was #7,179 in 1987.

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 Oluwakemi?

Oluwakemi 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 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 231,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Oluwakemi 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 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 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oluwakemi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oluwakemis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oluwakemi was born before 2000 — so the typical Oluwakemi is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 34.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 243; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 34.2% of all recorded uses (83).

Is Oluwakemi 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 2000 (13)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,179; 1987

Oluwakemi around the world

Where Oluwakemi 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
#4,201
in 2025
Ireland
2004–2004
#576
in 2004
South Australia
2007–2007
#803
in 2007

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

Oluwakemi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,179; 1987
Peak year: 2000; 13 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 243
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Oluwakemi

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

Sibling names for Oluwakemi

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

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Lars

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