Babajide
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bah-bah-JEE-deh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Babajide is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “father has come back”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Babajide mean?
Yoruba: from Yoruba baba 'father'
“father has come back”
A Yoruba name traditionally given to a boy born soon after a grandfather's death, as if the father had returned.
Is Babajide a girl's or a boy's name?
Babajide is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Babajide in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Babajide, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Babajide than any year since 2017.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Babajide in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Nicknames for Babajide
- Jide
Names like Babajide
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Boluwatife, Ayomide, Ademide, Iremide, Oluwatamilore, Oluwademilade, Ifeoluwa, Enioluwa, Araoluwa, Oluwadunsin, Obaloluwa, Ireoluwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Inioluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Babajide: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/babajide, updated 20 October 2026.