Folasade
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- foh-lah-SHAH-deh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Folasade is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “honour makes a crown”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Folasade mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, from ola 'honour, wealth' + ade 'crown'
“honour makes a crown”
The singer Sade, born Helen Folasade Adu, takes her stage name from Folasade.
Is Folasade a girl's or a boy's name?
Folasade is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Folasade in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Folasade in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Folasade in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Folasade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Folasade, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Folasade in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Folasade in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Nicknames for Folasade
- Sade 3 girls in the UK in 2025
- Fola
Names like Folasade
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide Tiwatope Oluwatamilore Iremide Temiloluwa Ifeoluwa Ireoluwa Tiaraoluwa Inioluwa Araoluwa Oluwanifemi Oluwadarasimi
More Yoruba names
Tobi Ayomikun Morayo Obaloluwa Oluwatobiloba Oreoluwa Sade Oluwademilade Anjolaoluwa Tifeoluwa Olamide Akorede Imisioluwa Oluwadunsin Boluwatife Eriifeoluwa
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, “Folasade: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/folasade, updated 20 October 2026.