Boys' name · since 1977
Olukayode
Olukayode has 21 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,776 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
21 boys have been named Olukayode since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Olukayode has 21 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2007.
- #28,776 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olukayode ranks #28,776 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,776 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Olukayode's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olukayode's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Olukayode splits its recorded history at 1989: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Olukayode popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Olukayode by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Olukayode's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Olukayode births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Olukayode's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- 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 Olukayode: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1977–2007 (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 Olukayode 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.