Unisex name · since 1999
Oreoluwa
Oreoluwa has 271 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
271 babies have been named Oreoluwa since 1999, making it today's #9783 unisex name.
Oreoluwa has 271 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9783 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #16,828 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,783 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 271 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oreoluwa ranks #16,828 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,783 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 271 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Oreoluwa's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Oreoluwa compares
271 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Oreoluwa's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oreoluwa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 271 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Oreoluwa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oreoluwa's full recorded timeline at 2012, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oreoluwa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Oreoluwa popularity over time - boys
170 total births recorded since 2000 (Oreoluwa as boys' name)
Oreoluwa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (143 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Oreoluwa's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Oreoluwa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
143 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 143 births (53% of all-time use).
Oreoluwa by state
Where Oreoluwa concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
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What to do with Oreoluwa's data
- Oreoluwa's decade-level peak was the 2010s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Oreoluwas (24 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 Oreoluwa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Oreoluwa 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.