Boys' name · since 1984
Oluwafemi
258 babies named Oluwafemi in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,478 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,992 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Oluwafemi is the #9992 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 258 recorded since 1984.
Oluwafemi has 258 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9992 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #11,478 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,992 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 258 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oluwafemi ranks #11,478 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,992 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 258 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,478 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,992 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Oluwafemi's 258 recorded births place it above 74.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Oluwafemi compares
258 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oluwafemi's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oluwafemi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 258 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oluwafemi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oluwafemi splits its recorded history at 2008: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oluwafemi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Oluwafemi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Oluwafemi's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Oluwafemi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (32% of all-time use).
Oluwafemi by state
Where Oluwafemi concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 2.7% |
7 of 258 births nationwide.
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- Oluwafemi's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Oluwafemis (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oluwafemi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Oluwafemi 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.