Oluwadara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-loo-wah-DAH-rah
- Origin
- Yoruba
Oluwadara is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God is good”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Oluwadara mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba Oluwa 'Lord, God' + dara 'is good'
“God is good”
Is Oluwadara a girl's or a boy's name?
Oluwadara is a girls' name.
How popular is Oluwadara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Oluwadara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oluwadara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Oluwadara in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Oluwadara in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oluwadara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Nicknames for Oluwadara
- Dara 57 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Oluwadara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Temiloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Imisioluwa, Oluwatamilore, Eriifeoluwa, Morireoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Oluwadarasimi
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, “Oluwadara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oluwadara, updated 20 October 2026.