Olah — girls' name
15 babies named Olah in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1898. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Olah was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Olah in 1898 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olah
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Olah between 1898 and 1923, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olah performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Olah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 15 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Olah at a glance
Last recorded 1923Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1898
- Peak year (1898)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1923.
15 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1898 with 5 births in a single year.
Olah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Olah's all-time total
Olah decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Olah's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1898–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.