Oleg — #11089 US boys' name
457 babies named Oleg in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Oleg was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Oleg in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oleg
The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Oleg between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oleg currently holds the #11089 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oleg performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Oleg shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Oleg in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oleg 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 457 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.
Oleg at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oleg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1959
- Peak year (2019)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
Currently ranks #11089 among boys.
457 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 26 births in a single year.
Oleg by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 165 births that decade — 36% of Oleg's all-time total
Oleg decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 151 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Oleg's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Oleg by state
Where Oleg concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Washington | | 26 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 1.1% |
31 of 457 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Washington 5.7% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.8% 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, 1959–2024 (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.