Olavi — boys' name

What the Data Says About Olavi

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Olavi between 1914 and 1924, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olavi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olavi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Olavi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Olavi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olavi 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 41 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.