Omolara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-moh-LAH-ra
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Omolara is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “a child is family”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Omolara mean?
Yoruba
“a child is family”
Yoruba name from omo 'child' and lara 'kin, family'.
Is Omolara a girl's or a boy's name?
Omolara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Omolara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Omolara, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Omolara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Omolara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Nicknames for Omolara
- Lara 522 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Omolara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Temiloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Inioluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Imisioluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Adesuwa, Morireoluwa, Oluwanifemi
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Omolara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/omolara, updated 20 October 2026.