Ireoluwa
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ee-reh-oh-LOO-wa
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Ireoluwa is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the goodness of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Ireoluwa mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba ire + Oluwa
“the goodness of God”
A Yoruba name combining ire, goodness or blessing, with Oluwa, the Lord.
Is Ireoluwa a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ireoluwa has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 13 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Ireoluwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 195% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Ireoluwa, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. 13 boys were also named Ireoluwa in 2025 (1,964th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Ireoluwa of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Ireoluwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66% of the babies named Ireoluwa in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Ireoluwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Ireoluwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Ireoluwa, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012. 8 girls were also named Ireoluwa in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ireoluwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 44% of the babies named Ireoluwa in the US were girls.
Ireoluwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
Names like Ireoluwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Inioluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Araoluwa, Imisioluwa, Temiloluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Morireoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore
Names related to Ireoluwa
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Oluwadunsin, Boluwatife
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, “Ireoluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ireoluwa, updated 20 October 2026.