Olen — #2868 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Olen

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,632 babies named Olen between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olen currently holds the #2868 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 193 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,647 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Olen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 913 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Olen in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olen 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 7,632 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.