girls:
61 births since 1973
#5655 (1st percentile)
boys:
49 births since 1975
#4537 (1st percentile)
overall:
110 births since 1973
#7629 (1st percentile)
The name Olayinka is the #7,629 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 110 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,655 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,537 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 49 births since 1975.
Olayinka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Olayinka is available in 16 out of the 46 years between 1973 and 2018 (10 years for girls and 9 years for boys). 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.
The name Olayinka has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.5% of all recorded births). In 2018, 0.0% of babies named Olayinka were girls. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for girls (74.4% girls from 1973 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (54.9% boys from 1984 to 2018).
For girls, Olayinka reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #860) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
For boys, Olayinka reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Olayinka".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Olayinka. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.4% confident that Olayinka is pronounced as oh-lah-YIHNGK-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-luh-YEENGK-uh, at 10.7% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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