Boys' name · since 2016
Folarin
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Folarin, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,072 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,759 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Folarin is the #6759 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 78 recorded since 2016.
Folarin has 78 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6759 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #19,072 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,759 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 78 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Folarin ranks #19,072 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,759 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 78 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,072 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,759 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Folarin's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Folarin compares
78 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Folarin's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Folarin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 78 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Folarin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Folarin splits its recorded history at 2021: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Folarin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Folarin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Folarin's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Folarin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (60% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Folarin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.