Girl’s name · Yoruba

Simisola

How to say it: shee-mee-SOH-luh · /ʃimisoˈla/

Yoruba 'rest in wealth' - often short for Oluwasimisola, given to girls with wish for ease.

Simisola was the 10,150th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 8 babies (Social Security Administration). The 2020s are its busiest decade so far, its births are up 2.6-fold 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

#10,150for girls in 2025
1 in 414,417US babies
8born in 2025
#11,535projected for 2030
2020sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Simisola
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#10,150
Babies born in 20258
Share of births1 in 414,417
Peak decade2020s
Change over 10 years×2.6
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#11,535

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Simisola is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 4 per million births, 2020s.

What goes with it

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Nicknames

  • Simi
  • Sola
  • Mimi

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Simisola is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, Yoruba.

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