boys:
625 births since 1983
#3961 (14th percentile)
overall:
625 births since 1983
#7114 (8th percentile)
The name Olajuwon is the #7,114 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 625 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,961 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 625 births since 1983.
Olajuwon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (first recorded for boys in 1983). Birth data for Olajuwon is available in 38 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Olajuwon reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #723) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Olajuwon ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 19.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Olajuwon".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Olajuwon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.3% confident that Olajuwon is pronounced as oh-LAH-jue-ahn, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-LAH-jue-AHN, at 29.3% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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