Rotimi

Boys' name

To stay + with, towards

Rotimi has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1986. 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 1986, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Rotimi, 2022

1 in 677,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rotimi: meaning, origin, and history

To stay + with, towards

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rotimi means

Rotimi means “to stay + with, towards”, associated with ró and tì.

Origin, language, and formation

Rotimi is used in Yoruba.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Yoruba, Rotimi is pronounced /ɾó.tì.mĩ́/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Rotimi between 1986 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1986; its best national rank was #7,602 in 1986.

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.

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How common is Rotimi?

Rotimi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rotimi 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 2022 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rotimi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rotimis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rotimi was born before 2021 — so the typical Rotimi is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 66.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Rotimi 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 1986 (5)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,602; 1986

Rotimi 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: #7,602; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 5 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rotimi

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

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Sibling names for Rotimi

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

Domonique Keshia Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Kristan Sade

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Kelsey

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