Recorded 1982–1994 Boys' name Peak 1989 16 births

Olushola — boys' name

16 babies named Olushola in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s111990s5
1980s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Olushola was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

6 babies were named Olushola in 1989 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Olushola

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Olushola between 1982 and 1994, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olushola currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olushola performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Olushola shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olushola 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 16 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.

Olushola at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

16

Since 1982

13 years of records

Peak year

1989

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1982

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 1994

Olushola popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1982

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1989)
6
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
4.555.566.5 199419891982 5

Olushola by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
11 births that decade — 69% of Olushola's all-time total
1980s111990s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Olushola?
16 babies have been named Olushola since 1982. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1989 with 6 births.
When was Olushola most popular?
Olushola was most popular in the 1980s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
How long has the name Olushola been used?
Olushola has been recorded in Social Security data since 1982, spanning 13 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Olushola?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Oluwatobi, Olufemi, Oluwaseun, Oluwafemi, 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, 1982–1994 (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.