How many Folasades are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Folasade are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Folasade in 2025?

Folasade ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Folasade?

About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Folasade — 7 in all.

Will my child share the name Folasade with classmates?

Folasade will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Folasade

Feminine

#11932 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare7 girls in 2025

Folasade entered the US charts in 1985, peaked at #5049 in 1989, ranks #11932 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Folasade?

Folasade first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Folasade alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 400 people named Folasade are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Folasade most popular?

Folasade peaked in 1989, reaching #5049 nationally. Today it ranks #11932, 6,883 places below that high. See the whole 1989 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1985
Most girls named: 199618 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #5049reached in 1989
Change vs 2024: −12.5%7 in 2025, from 8

Folasade sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1996, with 18 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Folasade in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.

Folasades among us

400

people named Folasade are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 229,610 born in 2025 was named Folasade

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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What happens to a name after it peaks

The Yancy test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Folasade's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yancy climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yancy's path sketches the road Folasade is walking now.

40%chance Folasade will feel dated by 2040

Folasade, aligned on its peakYancy· peak 1969not yet written

Folasade today is about where Yancy stood in 2005 — 36 years past a #5057-sized peak. By 2020, Yancy had settled around #11525.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Folasade sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Folasade beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Folasade in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Folasadethis name7#11932Vina7#11932Retta7#11932Missouri7#11932Iola7#11932

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Folasades are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Folasade are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Folasade in 2025?: Folasade ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Folasade?: About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Folasade — 7 in all.
Will my child share the name Folasade with classmates?: Folasade will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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