Girls' name · since 1898
Olah
Since 1898, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Olah, peaking in 1898. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1898
- 1890s
- peak decade
Olah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1898.
Olah has 15 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1923.
- #50,065 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1898
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olah ranks #50,065 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1898, peaking in the 1890s.
- #50,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1898
- 1890s
- peak decade
Olah's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Olah's SSA record in two at 1918 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1898, with only 5 births recorded.
Olah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1923
- Peak year (1898)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Olah by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
1890s was Olah's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Olah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Olah's usage has stayed within range of its 1890s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1920s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1898)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1898–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Olah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.