Inioluwa

Inioluwa was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #1,454 in England & Wales.

Inioluwa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Inioluwa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Inioluwa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#8,860 (11)#1,454 (21)———
2024#15,293 (5)#2,412 (11)——#2,259 (9)
2023#12,197 (7)#2,063 (13)——#2,366 (8)
2022#9,056 (11)#4,646 (4)———
2021#13,464 (6)#3,519 (6)——#3,280 (5)
2020#11,090 (8)———#2,163 (9)
2019#6,698 (17)#4,001 (5)———
2018#9,806 (10)#5,666 (3)——#3,286 (5)
2017#6,808 (17)#5,765 (3)———
2016#10,113 (10)#2,233 (12)——#2,892 (6)
2015#8,008 (14)#2,496 (10)———
2014#7,636 (15)#3,514 (6)———
2013#7,372 (16)#2,887 (8)#816 (3)——
2012#9,109 (12)#2,095 (13)———
2011#9,150 (12)#3,549 (6)———

Inioluwa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Inioluwa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Inioluwa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,679 (10)#1,798 (14)#3,153 (5)
2024#7,257 (11)#1,517 (17)#2,238 (8)
2023#6,517 (13)#2,814 (7)—
2022#8,300 (9)#3,049 (6)—
2021#12,146 (5)#4,789 (3)—
2020#12,022 (5)#2,960 (6)—
2019#12,145 (5)——
2018#8,154 (9)#4,749 (3)—
2017#8,140 (9)——
2016#7,605 (10)#4,023 (4)#2,718 (5)
2015#8,744 (8)#3,908 (4)—
2014#7,562 (10)#4,632 (3)—
2013#8,118 (9)#2,660 (7)—
2012#9,709 (7)——
2011#8,767 (8)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #6,808.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2006.
  • In 2025, 52% of US babies named Inioluwa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Inioluwa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 200,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 83,000 to 1 in 460,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
InioluwaCanadaGirls—too few
InioluwaCanadaBoys#3,1535
InioluwaEngland & WalesGirls#1,45421
InioluwaEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
InioluwaIrelandGirls—too few
InioluwaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
InioluwaScotlandGirls—too few
InioluwaUSGirls#8,86011
InioluwaUSBoys#7,67910