Olan — #4567 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Olan

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,718 babies named Olan between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olan currently holds the #4567 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olan performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Olan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 468 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Olan in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olan 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 2,718 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.