Olen
Olen was given to 33 boys in 2025, #3,488 among boys’ names; 7,678 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,640 Americans named Olen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 20 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Olen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Olen?
#3,488 among boys’ names, 2025
Olen fell from #3,413 in 2015 to #3,488 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 17.2 to 19.3 per million.
193 babies in 1922, the peak
Olen peaked in 1922, when 193 boys were given it, #437 among boys’ names. The 33 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,488 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,901 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,159 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,668 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,954 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,116 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,648 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,925 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,560 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,461 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33 | #3,413 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,438 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,385 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,631 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,150 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,357 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,204 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,307 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,364 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,239 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,495 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,706 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,225 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,968 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,316 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,321 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,932 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,961 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,179 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,846 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,208 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,226 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,957 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #4,040 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,958 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,026 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,563 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,740 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,969 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,584 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,397 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,472 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,250 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,313 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,990 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,085 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,257 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,989 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,490 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,963 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,810 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,860 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,516 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,291 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,390 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,192 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,200 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,140 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,075 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,104 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,398 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,110 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,042 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 60 | #986 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 64 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 79 | #817 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 89 | #754 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 66 | #866 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 76 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 78 | #775 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 81 | #768 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 66 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 97 | #703 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 81 | #727 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 77 | #696 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 95 | #631 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 117 | #589 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 96 | #660 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 104 | #583 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 102 | #588 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 95 | #598 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 96 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 113 | #548 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 104 | #564 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 107 | #557 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 119 | #542 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 119 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 126 | #513 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 117 | #543 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 134 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 138 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 164 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 163 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 152 | #488 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 150 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 169 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 180 | #455 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 193 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 174 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 164 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 183 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 154 | #479 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 142 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 178 | #420 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 154 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 111 | #455 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 106 | #422 | 0.21 |
| 1912 | 61 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 30 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 24 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 24 | #540 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 27 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 22 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 16 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 18 | #563 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 18 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1903 | 18 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 13 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 11 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 14 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 10 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 13 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 12 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 16 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 12 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 10 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 13 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 7 | #928 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 7 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 6 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 8 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 10 | #629 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 10 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 9 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 8 | #724 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Olen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Olen has been given almost only to boys: 13 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Olen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Olen, and how old are they?
2,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 7,678 Americans ever recorded as Olen. The median Olen alive today is 56 years old; half are between 20 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 2,646 people named Olen (29 women and girls, 2,617 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,908 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 353 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 786 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 435 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 267 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 304 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 492 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Olen born?
The states with the most babies named Olen are Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, with 52% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 913 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Oklahoma | 582 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Arkansas | 489 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Alabama | 455 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Georgia | 229 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 220 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Missouri | 197 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 141 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| West Virginia | 110 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 106 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Olen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Olen is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Olen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 21,188 babies since 1880, Olen is the second most given (36% of them). In 2025 it was given to 33 of their 154 babies (21%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Olen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Olen and names like it
- Compare Olen and OlinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sOlen peaked in 1922.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Olen since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Olen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Olen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.