Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Abimbola isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abimbola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 90
- 5 boys · 85 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,174 as a first name in 2020; 272 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abimbola’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Abimbola
- Bimbo AdemoyeNigerian actressborn 1991
- Bimbo OshinNigerian actressborn 1971
- Abimbola CraigNigerian actress and producerborn 1986
- Abimbola FasholaNigerian First Ladyborn 1965
- Abimbola AbolarinwaNigerian physician and urologistborn 1980
- Abimbola Odejokebadminton playerborn 1980
- Bimbo OdukoyaNigerian evangelist1960–2005
- Abi DaréNigerian author
- Abimbola Jayeolafirst Nigerian female pilot
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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