Oluwatoyin

Girls' name

God is worthy of praise

Oluwatoyin has been given to 120 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 1981, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Oluwatoyin, 2011

1 in 610,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Oluwatoyin: meaning, origin, and history

God is worthy of praise

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oluwatoyin means

Oluwatoyin means “God is worthy of praise”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Oluwatoyin is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 120 girls were recorded with the name Oluwatoyin between 1976 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1981; its best national rank was #7,916 in 1981.

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 Oluwatoyin?

Oluwatoyin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Oluwatoyin 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 2011 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 422,582 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oluwatoyin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oluwatoyins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oluwatoyin was born before 1994 — so the typical Oluwatoyin is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 120; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Oluwatoyin 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 1981 (8)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,916; 1981

Oluwatoyin around the world

Where Oluwatoyin 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
1997–2008
#4,524
in 2008

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

Oluwatoyin 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: #7,916; 1981
Peak year: 1981; 8 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 120
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Oluwatoyin

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

Sibling names for Oluwatoyin

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

Shamika Kandi Fawn Joi Jessi Jenelle Charissa Latrice

For a brother

Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Jamaal Wilfredo Antwan Donnell

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