NamelingSwipe names

Anjolaoluwa

Gender
Unisex
Say it
ahn-joh-lah-OH-loo-wah
Origin
Yoruba
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#10,913 for girls

Anjolaoluwa is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “we enjoy the honour of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Anjolaoluwa mean?

Yoruba: Yoruba name ending in Oluwa, 'God'

“we enjoy the honour of God”

A Yoruba name often shortened to Anjola; Oluwa means God, the Lord.

Is Anjolaoluwa a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Anjolaoluwa has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 6 boys in the UK and 8 girls in the US.

How popular is Anjolaoluwa in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,344th among girls
Babies in 2025
12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 65% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Anjolaoluwa, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 17 girls. 6 boys were also named Anjolaoluwa in 2025 (3,329th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Anjolaoluwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 79% of the babies named Anjolaoluwa in the UK in 2008, and 67% in 2025.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 17 in 20052025
Anjolaoluwa in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
202412#2,323
20239#2,841
202212#2,277
20215#4,148
20204#4,744
20197#3,340
20189#2,825
20179#2,864
20166#3,788
201510#2,629
20146#3,702
20139#2,796
201213#2,210
20118#3,041
201013#2,103
200915#1,848
200815#1,840
200713#1,964
200614#1,764
200517#1,451
20045#3,356
20038#2,320
20020–
20016#2,587
20004#3,399
19990–
19985#2,855

How popular is Anjolaoluwa in the US?

Rank in 2025
10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Anjolaoluwa, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.

Half of all the girls named Anjolaoluwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 25 in 20152025
Anjolaoluwa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#10,913
20240–
20239#10,307
20229#10,377
20219#10,287
202012#8,401
201916#7,021
201817#6,788
201714#7,836
201618#6,660
201525#5,286
201417#6,985
201317#7,027
201213#8,628
201116#7,432
20108#12,270
200914#8,450
20089#11,594
200713#9,003
20069#11,412
20056#14,495
20046#14,172
20030–
20028#11,102

Nicknames for Anjolaoluwa

Names like Anjolaoluwa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Yoruba names

Every Yoruba name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Anjolaoluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anjolaoluwa, updated 20 October 2026.