Olav — boys' name

What the Data Says About Olav

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Olav between 1919 and 2022, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olav currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olav performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Olav shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olav 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 38 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.