Olamide — #12521 US unisex name
306 babies named Olamide in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Olamide was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Olamide in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olamide
The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Olamide between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olamide currently holds the #12521 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Olamide is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 292 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olamide performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Olamide shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Olamide in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olamide 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 306 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.
Olamide at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olamide popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2014)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #12521 among girls.
306 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 18 births in a single year.
Olamide popularity over time — boys
292 total births recorded since 1992 (Olamide as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Olamide accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Olamide by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 101 births that decade — 33% of Olamide's all-time total
Olamide decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Olamide's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Olamide by state
Where Olamide concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2024 (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.