Olayinka — unisex name
61 babies named Olayinka in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Olayinka was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Olayinka in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olayinka
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Olayinka between 1973 and 2001, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olayinka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Olayinka is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olayinka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Olayinka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olayinka 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 61 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.
Olayinka at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olayinka popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1973
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
61 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 8 births in a single year.
Olayinka popularity over time — boys
49 total births recorded since 1975 (Olayinka as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Olayinka accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Olayinka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 29 births that decade — 48% of Olayinka's all-time total
Olayinka decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Olayinka's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2001 (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.