Olander — boys' name
173 babies named Olander in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Olander was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Olander in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olander
The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Olander between 1913 and 1988, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olander currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olander performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Olander shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olander 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 173 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.
Olander at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olander popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1913
- Peak year (1930)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
173 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 10 births in a single year.
Olander by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 38 births that decade — 22% of Olander's all-time total
Olander decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Olander's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% 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, 1913–1988 (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.