Olen

Last seen for girls in 1924 at #4,002 · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1916 · 178 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,665
since 1880

Olen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Olen has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #420, 1916boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,45033
2024—#2,87344
2023—#3,11739
2022—#3,61731
2021—#2,91842
2020—#3,07437
2019—#2,62649
2018—#2,89341
2017—#3,51831
2016—#2,43752
2015—#3,36533
2014—#3,37132
2013—#3,33932
2012—#4,53321
2011—#3,11436
2010—#3,30833
2009—#3,16236
2008—#6,07014
2007—#5,21017
2006—#5,07217
2005—#5,27815
2004—#5,49214
2003—#4,11420
2002—#5,72512
2001—#6,01311
2000—#4,20418
1999—#5,65611
1998—#3,84918
1997—#4,05916
1996—#5,53510
1995—#4,05215
1994—#4,09415
1993—#3,81916
1992—#3,92015
1991—#2,91522
1990—#2,95221
1989—#3,44616
1988—#2,68221
1987—#2,21526
1986—#2,89117
1985—#4,3339
1984—#3,27013
1983—#2,40820
1982—#2,20723
1981—#2,27022
1980—#1,96528
1979—#2,04825
1978—#2,20521
1977—#1,94825
1976—#1,46937
1975—#1,78727
1974—#1,93423
1973—#1,78225
1972—#1,81924
1971—#1,49433
1970—#1,27842
1969—#1,37634
1968—#1,36632
1967—#1,18140
1966—#1,19439
1965—#1,18941
1964—#1,12646
1963—#1,06951
1962—#1,09149
1961—#1,38833
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,03455
1958—#1,04054
1957—#98160
1956—#1,00855
1955—#93364
1954—#81379
1953—#75489
1952—#86366
1951—#80676
1950—#77278
1949—#76481
1948—#83866
1947—#70297
1946—#72681
1945—#69277
1944—#62995
1943—#587117
1942—#65296
1941—#579104
1940—#585102
1939—#59495
1938—#60696
1937—#547113
1936—#564104
1935—#556107
1934—#539119
1933—#519119
1932—#512126
1931—#539117
1930—#515134
1929—#499138
1928—#476164
1927—#474163
1926—#487152
1925—#494150
1924#4,0027#476169
1923—#454180
1922—#436193
1921—#466174
1920#4,3986#475164
1919—#435183
1918—#479154
1917—#481142
1916—#420178
1915—#438154
1914—#454111
1913—#420106
1912—#50261
1911—#54830
1910—#58224
1909—#53024
1908—#47527
1907—#49522
1906—#59016
1905—#54918
1904—#51518
1903—#50518
1902—#61513
1901—#63711
1900—#68014
1899—#66110
1898—#61113
1897—#61512
1896—#51816
1895—#60912
1894—#66810
1893—#53813
1892—#8617
1891—#7667
1890—#8846
1889—#7228
1888—#1,0315
1887—#9215
1886——
1885—#60410
1884——
1883—#59710
1882——
1881—#5959
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Olen was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Olen is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Olen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 577 spots since 2024 (#2,873 → #3,450)
  • 376 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,450)
  • 85 spots since 2015 (#3,365 → #3,450)
  • Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1893 (#861 → #538)
  • Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1890 (#722 → #884)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1916 at #420 (178 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1889–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,836
  • Highest: 1 in 4,836 boys born in 1913 were named Olen (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #420 in 1916, was only 1 in 5,000 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all boys named Olen (1,647) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#595 (1881)#736
1890s106#518 (1896)#673
1900s181#475 (1908)#559
1910s1,143#420 (1916)#476
1920s1,647#436 (1922)#474
1930s1,130#512 (1932)#549
1940s916#579 (1941)#675
1950s676#754 (1953)#900
1960s415#1,069 (1963)#1,208
1970s282#1,278 (1970)#1,776
1980s195#1,965 (1980)#2,769
1990s159#2,915 (1991)#4,085
2000s174#3,162 (2009)#5,034
2010s360#2,437 (2016)#3,250
2020s226#2,873 (2024)#3,175

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.

Olen in 1909

boys
#530
24 births · 1 in 6,833 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #530Olen24
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 6,833 of them was named Olen, which outranked 68.4% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olen
  1. #519Morton25
  2. #519Oswald25
  3. #519Rodney25
  4. #530Olen24
  5. #530Abram24
  6. #530Anna24
  7. #530Cary24
  8. #545Abner23
  9. #545Cyrus23
  10. #545Domingo23

Tied with 14 names at #530; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →