Boys' name · since 1996
Olalekan
24 babies named Olalekan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,607 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Olalekan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1996.
Olalekan has 24 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2017.
- #27,607 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olalekan ranks #27,607 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,607 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Olalekan's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olalekan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Olalekan's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Olalekan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2017
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Olalekan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Olalekan's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Olalekan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Olalekan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olalekan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1996–2017 (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 Olalekan 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.