Oluwatimilehin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-loo-wah-tee-mee-LEH-heen
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Oluwatimilehin is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God is behind me”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Oluwatimilehin mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba Oluwa ti mi lehin
“God is behind me”
A Yoruba name from Nigeria expressing that God supports the family; often shortened to Timi or Timilehin.
Is Oluwatimilehin a girl's or a boy's name?
Oluwatimilehin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oluwatimilehin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Oluwatimilehin, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 21 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Oluwatimilehin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Oluwatimilehin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 18% of the babies named Oluwatimilehin in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Oluwatimilehin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Oluwatimilehin 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 Oluwatimilehin, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more boys named Oluwatimilehin than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Oluwatimilehin in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oluwatimilehin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Nicknames for Oluwatimilehin
- Timi
- Timilehin
Names like Oluwatimilehin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwadunsin, Oluwatobi, Obaloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Boluwatife, Inioluwa, Obi, Ireoluwa, Ayomide, Tobechukwu, Enioluwa, Kamsiyochukwu
Names related to Oluwatimilehin
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa
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, “Oluwatimilehin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oluwatimilehin, updated 20 October 2026.