Boluwatife
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- boh-loo-wa-TEE-feh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Boluwatife is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “as God wills”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Boluwatife mean?
Yoruba: bi Oluwa ti fe
“as God wills”
Is Boluwatife a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Boluwatife has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Boluwatife in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 209% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Boluwatife, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. 5 girls were also named Boluwatife in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Boluwatife in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 33% of the babies named Boluwatife in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Boluwatife in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Boluwatife in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Boluwatife, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had the most boys named Boluwatife of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Boluwatife in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boluwatife in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Boluwatife
- Bolu
- Tife
Names like Boluwatife
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwademilade, Ayomide, Ifeoluwa, Oluwatamilore, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobi, Ademide, Enioluwa, Araoluwa, Oluwadunsin
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Iremide, 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), 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, “Boluwatife: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boluwatife, updated 20 October 2026.