Babatunde
Babatunde is a male given name. In the Yoruba language, it means 'father returns', or 'a father has returned'. This generally refers to a male ancestor such as a deceased father, grandfather, or great-grandfather.
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Babatunde
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Babatunde is a male given name. In the Yoruba language, it means 'father returns', or 'a father has returned'. This generally refers to a male ancestor such as a deceased father, grandfather, or great-grandfather.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Babatunde
Babatunde first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1995: 20 births, good for #3,303 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Babatundes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2010 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 344 Babatundes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Babatunde
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Names that sound like Babatunde
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- Battened
- Bartend
- Brightened
- Buttoned
- Bottomed
- Babita
- Bestand
- Battant
- Habitant
- Pattened
- Browbeaten
- Beobachten
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About the name Babatunde
Babatunde is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 344 births in the dataset. Babatunde's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #3,303. Use the chart and map above to compare Babatunde's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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