Damilola
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- dah-mee-LOH-lah
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Damilola is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “enrich me with honour”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Damilola mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba sentence name
“enrich me with honour”
A Yoruba prayer name, often shortened to Dami or Lola.
Is Damilola a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Damilola has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Damilola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Damilola, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Damilola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 1997, 36% of the babies named Damilola in the UK were girls. By 2016 it was 53%, with more girls than boys since 2007.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Damilola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Damilola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Damilola, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Damilola in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Damilola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Nicknames for Damilola
- Dami
- Lola 571 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Damilola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ifeoluwa Obaloluwa Enioluwa Araoluwa Ireoluwa Inioluwa Oluwatobiloba Chukwuebuka Boluwatife Ademide Oluwatobi Ayomide
Names related to Damilola
More Yoruba names
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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, “Damilola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/damilola, updated 20 October 2026.