Omolara

Girls' name

Child is family

Omolara has been given to 123 babies in the U.S. since 1985. 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 9 recorded.

Babies named Omolara, 2021

1 in 678,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Omolara: meaning, origin, and history

Child is family

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Omolara means

Omolara means “child is family”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Omolara is used in Yoruba.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 123 girls were recorded with the name Omolara between 1985 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2000; its best national rank was #10,512 in 2000.

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 Omolara?

Omolara 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 girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Omolara 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 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 Omolara. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Omolaras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Omolara was born before 2003 — so the typical Omolara is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 123; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.8% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Omolara 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 (9)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,512; 2000

Spellings of Omolara

Omolara is not the most common spelling — Solara is, with 86.0% against Omolara's 14.0%.

Solara86.0%757
Omolara14.0%123

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Omolara around the world

Where Omolara 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
#3,705
in 2025

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

Omolara 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: #10,512; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 9 that year
First recorded: 1985
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 123
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Omolara

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

Omotara Omolola Sithara Varvara Ainhara Ahinara Thamara Inaara Zakara Zohara Isamara Mayara Xiamara Hadara Aymara Nahiara Ziomara Thiara Chizara Shiara Simara Niyara Ishara Maiara

Sibling names for Omolara

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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