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Oluwakemi

Girl · oh-loo-wa-KEH-mee · Yoruba

Oluwakemi is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God cherishes me”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).

What does Oluwakemi mean?

Yoruba: Yoruba sentence name: Oluwa ke mi

“God cherishes me”

Say it
oh-loo-wa-KEH-mee

Is Oluwakemi a girl's or a boy's name?

Oluwakemi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Oluwakemi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 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, 5 girls in the UK were named Oluwakemi, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls.

2025 had more girls named Oluwakemi than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Oluwakemi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 13 in 20082025
Oluwakemi in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20240–
20233#5,929
20223#5,885
20210–
20200–
20190–
20187#3,344
20174#4,967
20166#3,788
20154#4,951
20143#5,920
20134#4,953
20126#3,881
20116#3,737
20103#5,938
20095#4,141
200813#2,046
20076#3,396
20069#2,451
20059#2,360
200410#2,064
20035#3,233
20025#3,047
20014#3,427
20004#3,399
19996#2,559
19987#2,304
199711#1,664
19965#2,815

How popular is Oluwakemi in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Half of all the girls named Oluwakemi in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1981Busiest: 13 in 20002024
Oluwakemi in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20247#12,156
20230–
20227#12,237
20210–
20200–
20197#12,442
20180–
20170–
20166#14,326
20150–
20140–
201312#9,031
20120–
20110–
20107#13,442
20097#13,698
20086#15,399
20077#13,918
200611#9,897
20057#13,003
20049#10,684
20037#12,401
20026#13,589
200110#9,344
200013#7,574
19998#10,338
19986#12,420
19975#13,719
199612#7,125
19958#9,548
19947#10,563
19937#10,581
19927#10,471
19915#13,139
19905#12,952
19895#12,356
19880–
198710#6,783
19860–
19855#10,672
19845#10,417
19838#7,310
19826#9,235
19815#10,409

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