Olean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Olean

The Social Security Administration has registered 853 babies named Olean between 1900 and 1963, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 301 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Olean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Olean in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olean 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 853 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.