Olene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Olene

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,347 babies named Olene between 1898 and 1962, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 66 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Olene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 160 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Olene in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olene 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 1,347 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.