Recorded 1996–2017 Boys' name Peak 1996 24 births

Olalekan — boys' name

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.

1990s122000s52010s7
1990s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Olalekan was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

7 babies were named Olalekan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Olalekan

The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Olalekan between 1996 and 2017, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olalekan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olalekan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Olalekan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olalekan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Olalekan at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

24

Since 1996

22 years of records

Peak year

1996

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1996

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2017

Olalekan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1996

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1996)
7
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2017200319971996 7

Olalekan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
12 births that decade — 50% of Olalekan's all-time total
1990s122000s52010s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Olalekan?
24 babies have been named Olalekan since 1996. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1996 with 7 births.
When was Olalekan most popular?
Olalekan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Olalekan been used?
Olalekan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 22 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Olalekan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Olan, Olaf, Olajuwon, Ola, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.