Folarin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- foh-LAH-rin
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Folarin is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “walks with honour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Folarin mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, from fi ola rin
“walks with honour”
Is Folarin a girl's or a boy's name?
Folarin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Folarin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Folarin, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Folarin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Folarin 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 Folarin, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Folarin in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Folarin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
Nicknames for Folarin
- Fola
Names like Folarin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwadunsin, Enioluwa, Araoluwa, Oluwafikayomi, Obaloluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Ademide, Oluwademilade, Chidubem, Oluwatamilore, Tobechukwu
Names related to Folarin
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Ifeoluwa, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide
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, “Folarin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/folarin, updated 20 October 2026.