Olumide
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-loo-MEE-day
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Olumide is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “my lord has come”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Olumide mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba olu 'lord, God' + mi 'my' + de 'has come'
“my lord has come”
A Yoruba name from Nigeria; Olu is a common short form of names beginning with Olu- or Oluwa-.
Is Olumide a girl's or a boy's name?
Olumide is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olumide in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Olumide, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 10 boys.
2025 had more boys named Olumide than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Olumide in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Olumide in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Olumide in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Olumide in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Olumide in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Olumide
- Olu
- Mide
Names like Olumide
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwademilade Ayomide Boluwatife Oluwatobi Ademide Oluwatamilore Obaloluwa Oluwatobiloba Iremide Oluwadarasimi Ifeoluwa Tobechukwu
Names related to Olumide
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa Tobi Ireoluwa Inioluwa Araoluwa Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Temiloluwa Oreoluwa Sade Anjolaoluwa Tifeoluwa Akorede Imisioluwa Oluwadunsin
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, “Olumide: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olumide, updated 20 October 2026.