Abiola
Boy · ah-bee-OH-lah · Yoruba
Abiola is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “born into wealth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Abiola mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba a bi ola
“born into wealth”
Borne by Moshood Abiola, the Nigerian businessman who won the annulled 1993 presidential election.
- Say it
- ah-bee-OH-lah
Is Abiola a girl's or a boy's name?
Abiola is a boys' name.
How popular is Abiola in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 boys.
Abiola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Abiola in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Abiola in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abiola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
Nicknames for Abiola
- Biola
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