Folasade
How to say it: foh-lah-SHAH-deh · /ˌfɔlaˈʃade/
Yoruba 'honor confers a crown' - prestigious girls' name in Nigeria.
Folasade was the 10,681st most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 7 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 1990s, its births are down about 40% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #11,535 by 2030.
Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · How we compute these figures
Key facts
| Rank among girls’ names, 2025 | #10,681 |
|---|---|
| Babies born in 2025 | 7 |
| Share of births | 1 in 473,620 |
| Peak decade | 1990s |
| Change over 10 years | −40% |
| Projected rank for 2030 (estimate) | #11,535 |
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.
Its life, decade by decade
Folasade is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.
What goes with it
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Nicknames
- Sade
- Shade
Honouring a Folasade in the family
In the classroom
In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Folasade is about under 1 in 200.
Around the world
This spelling is used in English, Yoruba.
Famous people named Folasade
- Folasade Ogunsola (born 1958)Nigerian professor of medical microbiology and First female VC of UNILAG
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