Fun Facts About the Name Ireoluwa
- 382 babies named Ireoluwa: U.S. records list 382 babies given the name Ireoluwa from 1880 through 2025. Even 173 boys received the name Ireoluwa.
What Does the Name Ireoluwa Mean?
Ireoluwa is a Yoruba name meaning the goodness of God. It comes from Yoruba, a language of southwestern Nigeria, and joins two elements: ire, meaning goodness, good fortune, or blessing, and Oluwa, meaning God or the Lord. Oluwa is itself a compound of olu (lord, chief) and wa (our), so its literal sense is our Lord. The full name is a phrase rather than a single-rooted word: it states that goodness and blessing belong to God, making it a devotional statement rather than a description of the child.
Ireoluwa Name History & Origins
Ireoluwa belongs to the large group of Yoruba personal names that build a divine reference into the name itself. In Yoruba tradition a name is often a whole phrase or clause, given to mark the circumstances of a birth, to give thanks, or to make a statement about God. Names formed with Oluwa, or with the shorter Olu, are known as theophoric names, and Ireoluwa follows that pattern by attaching the quality ire to the divine name. Yoruba names of this type are normally analyzed by their speakers as meaningful sentences, not only as labels.
The name is used among Yoruba people in Nigeria and has traveled with Yoruba communities to other countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Yoruba is written in a Latin-based alphabet that uses subscript dots and tone marks to record pronunciation, but Ireoluwa is usually written without them outside Nigeria. The shortened forms Ire and Oluwa also stand on their own as independent given names.
How Popular is the Name Ireoluwa?
Ireoluwa 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 2021. Its best rank was #4,296 in 2021.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,306 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #6,463 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #10,636 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,413 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #6,258 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #6,442 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #5,863 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #6,913 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #6,917 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #7,383 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #9,164 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #7,442 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #9,240 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #9,973 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,365 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #7,407 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #4,948 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #7,978 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #4,296 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #7,729 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #6,558 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #5,174 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #13,021 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #6,152 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #6,826 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #11,248 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #7,224 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #9,188 | 8 | 0.0004% |
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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How the Name Ireoluwa Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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