Olajuwon
#6,296 most common boys' name of all time · #15,706 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1983–2025
Rank among boys
#6,296
Rank overall
#15,706 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
641
Since 2016
66
Peak year
1994 #1,606
Best rank
#1,384 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 58/yr
Olajuwon first appears in 1983. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,176 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,277 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,945 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,696 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,926 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,515 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,290 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,400 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,335 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,810 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,043 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,447 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,809 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,416 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,606 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,974 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,998 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,086 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,540 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,603 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,359 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,258 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,808 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,686 |
| 1998 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,346 |
| 1997 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,143 |
| 1996 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,681 |
| 1994 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,606 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,984 |
| 1992 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,586 |
| 1991 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,821 |
| 1990 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,949 |
| 1989 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,198 |
| 1988 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,196 |
| 1987 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,467 |
| 1986 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,610 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,070 |