Fun Facts About the Name Boluwatife
- 205 babies named Boluwatife: U.S. records list 205 babies given the name Boluwatife from 1880 through 2025. Even 78 girls received the name Boluwatife - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Boluwatife Mean?
Boluwatife is a Yoruba name meaning "God has loved me" or, more literally, "as God has loved." It comes from Yoruba, a language of southwestern Nigeria. The name is built from Olúwa ("Lord" or "God"), the grammatical element tí (a perfect marker, roughly "has"), and fẹ́ ("to love"). The opening Bó- represents a contracted form of bó, meaning "as" or "how," so the underlying phrase is Bó Olúwa ti fẹ́ - "as God has loved" or "how God has loved." English explanations often add "me" to complete the sense, giving the customary meaning "God has loved me."
Boluwatife Name History & Origins
Yoruba personal names frequently form short statements, and Boluwatife belongs to that pattern: it is a devotional phrase rather than a name assembled from unrelated sounds. The element Olúwa appears in many Yoruba names, where it refers to God or the Lord, and fẹ́ is the verb "to love." The name is used among Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and in diaspora communities where Yoruba is spoken. Its history is therefore bound up with Yoruba naming conventions, in which a child's name may express gratitude, wonder, or religious conviction.
The English spelling Boluwatife drops Yoruba tone marks and joins the phrase into one word, a common practice for Yoruba names written in English. The shorter form Bolu is also used. There is no well-known literary character or single historical figure that explains its origin; the name's development is linguistic and religious rather than tied to a particular text.
How Popular is the Name Boluwatife?
Boluwatife has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,505 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #13,765 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #13,731 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #14,109 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #10,703 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #14,430 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #14,805 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,132 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #17,746 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #18,064 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #13,817 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #13,227 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #12,617 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,505 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #12,547 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,490 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #9,970 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #8,262 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #8,295 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #9,810 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,638 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #10,848 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,193 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #10,959 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #9,989 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #9,895 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #12,260 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2004 | #6,583 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #9,723 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,758 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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