Olden — boys' name
514 babies named Olden in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Olden was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Olden in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olden
The Social Security Administration has registered 514 babies named Olden between 1885 and 1982, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olden performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Olden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Olden in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olden 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 514 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.
Olden at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1885
- Peak year (1918)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
514 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 22 births in a single year.
Olden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 132 births that decade — 26% of Olden's all-time total
Olden decade highlights
- Peak decade 132 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Olden's strongest decade
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Olden by state
Where Olden concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1885–1982 (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.