Recorded 1980–2021 Boys' name Peak 2020 120 births

Olawale — boys' name

120 babies named Olawale in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s161990s302000s222010s362020s16
2010s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Olawale was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

9 babies were named Olawale in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Olawale

The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Olawale between 1980 and 2021, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olawale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olawale performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Olawale shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olawale 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 120 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.

Olawale at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

120

Since 1980

42 years of records

Peak year

2020

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1980

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2021

Olawale popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1980

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2020)
9
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
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Olawale by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
36 births that decade — 30% of Olawale's all-time total
1980s161990s302000s222010s362020s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Olawale?
120 babies have been named Olawale since 1980. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2020 with 9 births.
When was Olawale most popular?
Olawale was most popular in the 2010s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Olawale been used?
Olawale has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 42 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Olawale?
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, 1980–2021 (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.