Olajuwon was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).
Olajuwon as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#8,910 (8)
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2024
#8,987 (8)
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2023
#7,738 (10)
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2021
#12,146 (5)
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2020
#9,554 (7)
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2018
#6,345 (13)
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2017
#10,775 (6)
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2016
#8,146 (9)
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2015
#8,040 (9)
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2014
#7,562 (10)
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2013
#9,655 (7)
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2012
#8,158 (9)
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2011
#5,675 (15)
#4,647 (3)
2010
#8,139 (9)
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2009
#6,436 (13)
#3,744 (4)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1994 at #1,581.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1983.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 baby boys 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.