Olan

#6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births

Peak · boys
1908 · 14 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,732
since 1895

Olan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Olan has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #712, 1908boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,14314
2024#4,57122
2023#3,71230
2022#5,01919
2021#3,65130
2020#4,54021
2019#4,00326
2018#3,89127
2017#4,46622
2016#4,77620
2015#4,08025
2014#4,86619
2013#3,75327
2012#7,55910
2011#5,43316
2010#6,69812
2009#5,33417
2008#5,76715
2007#12,3675
2006#8,7328
2005#7,6409
2004#5,49214
2003#7,8318
2002#6,08811
2001#7,5368
2000#6,31610
1999
1998
1997#7,2817
1996#4,87812
1995#7,7926
1994#5,8689
1993
1992#5,23610
1991
1990
1989#4,27112
1988#5,2008
1987
1986#5,9266
1985#4,3339
1984#3,70111
1983#4,1419
1982#3,69211
1981#3,60111
1980#3,43012
1979#4,0689
1978#3,21512
1977#3,03713
1976#3,47110
1975#2,90213
1974#3,12011
1973#2,85712
1972#3,6228
1971#2,46415
1970#3,8367
1969#1,97718
1968#2,44512
1967#2,35212
1966#2,21613
1965#1,85618
1964#2,20514
1963#2,11515
1962#2,50411
1961#1,82320
1960#2,04216
1959#2,03316
1958#1,83819
1957#1,67323
1956#2,16814
1955#1,61123
1954#1,70620
1953#1,30433
1952#1,22736
1951#1,33231
1950#1,57222
1949#1,38028
1948#1,51923
1947#1,21336
1946#1,19634
1945#1,20430
1944#1,17332
1943#1,12037
1942#1,26830
1941#1,12934
1940#1,22730
1939#1,07036
1938#1,03039
1937#1,05637
1936#1,06836
1935#1,16532
1934#1,15033
1933#1,20230
1932#1,03541
1931#93948
1930#1,03744
1929#1,17335
1928#1,01946
1927#98251
1926#1,17437
1925#88258
1924#82367
1923#94153
1922#92457
1921#93956
1920#80569
1919#86758
1918#1,03542
1917#94646
1916#92247
1915#95243
1914#87039
1913#83533
1912#1,00021
1911#89614
1910#98111
1909#84012
1908#71214
1907#1,0947
1906
1905#1,0027
1904#1,0646
1903#1,1305
1902#7949
1901#7279
1900
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#9786
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1895

The first year at least five boys were named Olan! It came in at #978, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1896–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Olan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,572 spots since 2024 (#4,571#6,143)
  • 1,603 spots since 2020 (#4,540#6,143)
  • 2,063 spots since 2015 (#4,080#6,143)
  • Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1908 (#1,094#712)
  • Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1903 (#794#1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1908 at #712 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1908–1917
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,024
  • Highest: 1 in 11,024 boys born in 1908 were named Olan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Olan (529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s16#978 (1895)#1,043
1900s69#712 (1908)#920
1910s354#835 (1913)#930
1920s529#805 (1920)#966
1930s376#939 (1931)#1,075
1940s314#1,120 (1943)#1,243
1950s237#1,227 (1952)#1,646
1960s149#1,823 (1961)#2,154
1970s110#2,464 (1971)#3,259
1980s89#3,430 (1980)#4,255
1990s44#4,878 (1996)#6,211
2000s105#5,334 (2009)#7,310
2010s204#3,753 (2013)#4,953
2020s136#3,651 (2021)#4,606

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Olan in 1908

boys
#712
14 births · 1 in 11,024 boys

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #712Olan14
More about 1908

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 11,024 of them was named Olan, which outranked 55.1% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olan
  1. #685Stanford15
  2. #685Theadore15
  3. #685Tillman15
  4. #712Olan14
  5. #712Alma14
  6. #712Alvis14
  7. #712Bonnie14
  8. #744Adolphus13
  9. #744Albin13
  10. #744Alonza13

Tied with 31 names at #712; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 634Ludwig#1,200#566
  2. 633Norval#1,345#712
  3. 601Duke#1,345#744
  4. 601Francesco#1,345#744
  5. 601Guss#1,345#744
Fallers
  1. 709Elden#664#1,373
  2. 709Minor#664#1,373
  3. 595Ezell#778#1,373
  4. 595Fleming#778#1,373
  5. 558Bessie#815#1,373

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908