Oluwaseyi — #9327 US boys' name
232 babies named Oluwaseyi in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Oluwaseyi was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Oluwaseyi in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oluwaseyi
The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Oluwaseyi between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oluwaseyi currently holds the #9327 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Oluwaseyi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 90 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oluwaseyi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Oluwaseyi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oluwaseyi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oluwaseyi 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 232 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.
Oluwaseyi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oluwaseyi popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2002)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #9327 among boys.
232 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 14 births in a single year.
Oluwaseyi popularity over time — girls
90 total births recorded since 1997 (Oluwaseyi as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Oluwaseyi accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oluwaseyi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 91 births that decade — 39% of Oluwaseyi's all-time total
Oluwaseyi decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Oluwaseyi's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Oluwaseyi by state
Where Oluwaseyi concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 232 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 2.2% 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, 1994–2024 (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.