Oluwanifemi — #11683 US unisex name
236 babies named Oluwanifemi in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to girls today.
61% of everyone ever named Oluwanifemi was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Oluwanifemi in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oluwanifemi
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Oluwanifemi between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oluwanifemi currently holds the #11683 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Oluwanifemi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 156 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oluwanifemi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oluwanifemi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oluwanifemi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oluwanifemi 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 236 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.
Oluwanifemi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oluwanifemi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2016)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #11683 among girls.
236 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 21 births in a single year.
Oluwanifemi popularity over time — boys
156 total births recorded since 2005 (Oluwanifemi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Oluwanifemi accounts for 40% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oluwanifemi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 143 births that decade — 61% of Oluwanifemi's all-time total
Oluwanifemi decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Oluwanifemi's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Oluwanifemi by state
Where Oluwanifemi concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 7.6% |
18 of 236 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.