Oluwanifemi
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- oh-loo-wa-nee-FEH-mee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Oluwanifemi is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God loves me”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Oluwanifemi mean?
Yoruba
“God loves me”
A Yoruba name, Oluwa ni fe mi, 'God loves me'; it is often shortened to Nifemi or Femi.
Is Oluwanifemi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oluwanifemi has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Oluwanifemi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 231% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Oluwanifemi, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 29 girls. 9 boys were also named Oluwanifemi in 2025 (2,511th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Oluwanifemi than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Oluwanifemi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65% of the babies named Oluwanifemi in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Oluwanifemi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Oluwanifemi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Oluwanifemi, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer girls named Oluwanifemi than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Oluwanifemi in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2017, 58% of the babies named Oluwanifemi in the US were girls.
Oluwanifemi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Nicknames for Oluwanifemi
- Nifemi
- Femi
Names like Oluwanifemi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Ireoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Imisioluwa, Inioluwa, Temiloluwa, Araoluwa, Morireoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Tiwatope
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, 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, “Oluwanifemi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oluwanifemi, updated 20 October 2026.