Omolola
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-moh-LOH-la
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Omolola is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “a child is wealth”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Omolola mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba omo 'child' + ola 'wealth, honour'
“a child is wealth”
Is Omolola a girl's or a boy's name?
Omolola 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 Omolola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Omolola, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Omolola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. 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.
Omolola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Nicknames for Omolola
- Lola 571 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Omolola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Temiloluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Araoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Adesuwa, Imisioluwa, Morireoluwa, Oluwanifemi, Eriifeoluwa
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, “Omolola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/omolola, updated 20 October 2026.