Ole

#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births

Peak · boys
#237
1881 · 42 births
Debut · boys
1880
29 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,125
since 1880

Ole over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ole has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #237, 1881boys
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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#4,70721
2024#4,89020
2023#5,07519
2022#7,76810
2021#4,24724
2020#4,27523
2019#4,48022
2018#4,61021
2017#4,59421
2016#4,62421
2015#5,05818
2014#4,26323
2013#6,24113
2012#8,8648
2011#10,8086
2010#6,69812
2009#8,9858
2008#11,0376
2007#8,1739
2006#10,6626
2005#7,6409
2004#8,1438
2003#7,8318
2002—
2001#6,01311
2000#6,31610
1999#7,8747
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994#6,9687
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#8,1175
1989—
1988—
1987#6,9515
1986#4,8538
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982#3,69211
1981#4,5098
1980#4,4958
1979#4,8427
1978#3,61410
1977#3,60610
1976#3,7249
1975#3,07812
1974#3,5589
1973#3,22310
1972—
1971#2,55814
1970#2,89111
1969#3,5957
1968#2,20014
1967#2,61110
1966#3,2497
1965#2,36612
1964#3,2827
1963#2,20014
1962#2,67310
1961#1,99717
1960#2,53511
1959#2,66310
1958#1,95317
1957#2,63110
1956#1,94517
1955#1,72520
1954#1,82618
1953#3,4256
1952#1,74919
1951#1,64321
1950#2,43810
1949#1,94115
1948#2,32611
1947#2,6719
1946#1,88415
1945#2,24210
1944#2,08012
1943#2,18212
1942#2,26811
1941#2,20711
1940#2,32210
1939#2,15911
1938#2,32610
1937#1,82815
1936#1,63917
1935#1,75716
1934#1,86015
1933#1,77016
1932#1,92215
1931#2,8648
1930#1,36828
1929#1,67220
1928#2,27013
1927#1,40728
1926#1,66121
1925#1,74520
1924#1,77620
1923#2,33113
1922#1,43427
1921#1,58823
1920#1,30031
1919#1,18835
1918#1,07940
1917#1,07838
1916#1,30427
1915#98041
1914#1,01930
1913#96926
1912#91824
1911#1,03811
1910#1,1938
1909#80413
1908#9469
1907#86610
1906#1,1116
1905#8369
1904#8109
1903#52717
1902#55615
1901#46617
1900#60317
1899#61311
1898#61113
1897#51515
1896#46219
1895#43720
1894#43919
1893#50914
1892#49716
1891#47614
1890#35824
1889#40520
1888#28440
1887#37719
1886#32128
1885#30531
1884#31830
1883#27935
1882#28636
1881#23742
1880#31429
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ole was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ole
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 183 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,707)
  • 432 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,707)
  • 351 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,707)
  • Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #866)
  • Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1910 (#804 → #1,193)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #237 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1905
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,398
  • Highest: 1 in 2,398 boys born in 1881 were named Ole (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1880s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Ole (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s310#237 (1881)#313
1890s165#358 (1890)#492
1900s122#466 (1901)#753
1910s280#918 (1912)#1,077
1920s216#1,300 (1920)#1,718
1930s151#1,368 (1930)#1,949
1940s116#1,884 (1946)#2,212
1950s148#1,643 (1951)#2,200
1960s109#1,997 (1961)#2,671
1970s92#2,558 (1971)#3,455
1980s40#3,692 (1982)#4,900
1990s19#6,968 (1994)#7,653
2000s75#6,013 (2001)#8,311
2010s165#4,263 (2014)#6,024
2020s117#4,247 (2021)#5,160

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.

Ole in 1919

boys
#1,188
35 births · 1 in 28,003 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #1,188Ole35
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 28,003 of them was named Ole, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ole
  1. #1,159Myrl36
  2. #1,159Westley36
  3. #1,159Woodie36
  4. #1,188Ole35
  5. #1,188Alfonzo35
  6. #1,188Benjamine35
  7. #1,188Chalmer35
  8. #1,207Bernardo34
  9. #1,207Caleb34
  10. #1,207Chesley34

Tied with 18 names at #1,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →