Oluwaseun — boys' name
272 babies named Oluwaseun in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Oluwaseun was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Oluwaseun in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oluwaseun
The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Oluwaseun between 1982 and 2022, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oluwaseun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Oluwaseun is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 141 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oluwaseun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Oluwaseun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oluwaseun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oluwaseun 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 272 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.
Oluwaseun at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oluwaseun popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1982
- Peak year (2004)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
272 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 17 births in a single year.
Oluwaseun popularity over time — girls
141 total births recorded since 1992 (Oluwaseun as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Oluwaseun accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oluwaseun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 106 births that decade — 39% of Oluwaseun's all-time total
Oluwaseun decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Oluwaseun's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Oluwaseun by state
Where Oluwaseun concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 10 | 3.7% |
10 of 272 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 3.7% 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, 1982–2022 (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.