| Damilola | Kehinde | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Bless me with wealth | Second-born of twins |
| Origin | yoruba | yoruba |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Pronunciation | dah-mee-LOH-lah | keh-HEEN-deh |
| Syllables | 4 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (13) | 2001 (11) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Damilola | Kehinde |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 21 | 5 |
| 2010s | 75 | 37 |
| 2000s | 69 | 51 |
| 1990s | 29 | 41 |
| 1980s | 5 | 17 |
| 1970s | 0 | 17 |
A Yoruba sentence-name meaning roughly 'bless/enrich me with wealth,' from da mi l'ola. Used for either sex and often clipped to Dami or Lola.
A Yoruba twin-order name for the second twin to be born. In Yoruba tradition Kehinde ('the one who arrives last') is regarded as the elder, said to send Taiwo ahead to taste the world first. Used for boys and girls.
Damilola and Kehinde are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Damilola means Bless me with wealth (yoruba origin), while Kehinde means Second-born of twins (yoruba origin).
In US records, Damilola first appears in 0 and Kehinde in 0, so Damilola has the longer recorded history.