Boys' name · since 1986
Olajawon
19 babies named Olajawon in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,466 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
19 boys have been named Olajawon since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olajawon has been recorded 19 times among boys since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1995.
- #29,466 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 19 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olajawon ranks #29,466 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,466 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Olajawon's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olajawon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Olajawon splits its recorded history at 1990: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Olajawon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Olajawon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 68% of the file).
1990s was Olajawon's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Olajawon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olajawon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
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, 1986–1995 (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 Olajawon 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.