| Damilola | Taiwo | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Bless me with wealth | First-born of twins |
| Origin | yoruba | yoruba |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Pronunciation | dah-mee-LOH-lah | TIE-woh |
| Syllables | 4 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (13) | 1992 (10) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Damilola | Taiwo |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 21 | 0 |
| 2010s | 75 | 24 |
| 2000s | 69 | 29 |
| 1990s | 29 | 48 |
| 1980s | 5 | 18 |
| 1970s | 0 | 28 |
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 first-born twin, from a phrase meaning roughly 'the first to taste the world' (to-aye-wo). Paired with Kehinde, the second twin; unisex.
Damilola and Taiwo are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Damilola means Bless me with wealth (yoruba origin), while Taiwo means First-born of twins (yoruba origin).
In US records, Damilola first appears in 0 and Taiwo in 0, so Damilola has the longer recorded history.