Damilola
Damilola Adegbite is a Nigerian actress, model, and television personality. She played Telema Duke in the soap opera Tinsel, and Kemi Williams in the movie Flower Girl. She won Best Actress in a TV Series at the 2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
Meaning & Origin of Damilola
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Damilola Adegbite is a Nigerian actress, model, and television personality. She played Telema Duke in the soap opera Tinsel, and Kemi Williams in the movie Flower Girl. She won Best Actress in a TV Series at the 2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
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The Story of Damilola
As a girl name
Damilola first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 13 Damilolas were born — ranking #8,330 that year. As of 2026, Damilola ranks #13,455 for girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 194 Damilolas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Damilola first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 7 Damilolas were born — ranking #7,560 that year. As of 2026, Damilola ranks #12,230 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 48 Damilolas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Damilola
Damilola is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 194 births in the dataset. Damilola's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #8,330. Use the chart and map above to compare Damilola'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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