Boys' name · since 1983
Kolawole
43 babies named Kolawole in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 43
- total births
- 1983–2014
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
43 boys have been named Kolawole since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kolawole recorded 43 times among boys since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2014.
- 43 total births
- 1983–2014 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kolawole's 43 recorded births place it above 49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kolawole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kolawole splits its recorded history at 1998: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kolawole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2014
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kolawole by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kolawole's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kolawole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kolawole's decade-level peak was the 1990s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1983–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kolawole: Baby Name Since 1983 - 43 Births, Peak 1995." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kolawole. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kolawole 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 July 2026.