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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #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.

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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 1940

boys
#585
102 births · 1 in 11,364 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #585Olen102
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 11,364 of them was named Olen, which outranked 85.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olen
  1. #582Elias103
  2. #582Elmo103
  3. #582Huey103
  4. #585Olen102
  5. #585Boyce102
  6. #585Jefferson102
  7. #585Kirby102
  8. #589Abel101
  9. #589Harmon101
  10. #591Alphonse100

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940