Temitayo
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- teh-mee-TAH-yoh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Temitayo is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “mine is worthy of joy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Temitayo mean?
Yoruba: from temi 'mine' and tayo 'is worthy of joy'
“mine is worthy of joy”
A Yoruba name often shortened to Temi or Tayo.
Is Temitayo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Temitayo has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK.
How popular is Temitayo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 260% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Temitayo, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Temitayo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2012, 40% of the babies named Temitayo in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Temitayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Temitayo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 8 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Temitayo in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Temitayo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Nicknames for Temitayo
- Temi
- Tayo 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Temitayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobechukwu, Ayomide, Boluwatife, Inioluwa, Enioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Oluwademilade, Oluwadunsin, Araoluwa, Obaloluwa, Ireoluwa, Somtochukwu
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede
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, “Temitayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/temitayo, updated 20 October 2026.