Oluwafemi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-loo-wah-FEH-mee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Oluwafemi is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God loves me”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Oluwafemi mean?
Yoruba: from Oluwa 'God' and femi 'loves me'
“God loves me”
Commonly shortened to Femi, which is also used as a name in its own right.
Is Oluwafemi a girl's or a boy's name?
Oluwafemi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oluwafemi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oluwafemi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Oluwafemi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Oluwafemi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Oluwafemi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Oluwafemi in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oluwafemi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Nicknames for Oluwafemi
- Femi
Names like Oluwafemi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwadarasimi, Obaloluwa, Obi, Ifeoluwa, Boluwatife, Oluwatobiloba, Oluwafikayomi, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Oluwademilade, Kamsiyochukwu, Ayomide
Names related to Oluwafemi
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa
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, “Oluwafemi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oluwafemi, updated 20 October 2026.