Olin
Olin was given to 86 boys in 2025, #1,849 among boys’ names; 9,934 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,350 Americans named Olin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 12 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Olin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Olin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Olin is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Olin?
#1,849 among boys’ names, 2025
Olin fell from #1,537 in 2015 to #1,849 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 55.8 to 50.3 per million.
197 babies in 1921, the peak
Olin peaked in 1921, when 197 boys were given it, #436 among boys’ names. The 86 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #1,849 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,152 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 82 | #1,922 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,632 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,620 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 89 | #1,741 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,560 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,495 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,618 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 94 | #1,683 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 107 | #1,537 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 85 | #1,777 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,106 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 81 | #1,827 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,791 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,934 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,001 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,316 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,062 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,217 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,225 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,269 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,661 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,583 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,369 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,900 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 28 | #3,001 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,833 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,481 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,175 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,426 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,659 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,554 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,581 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,288 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,469 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,230 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,117 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 43 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,110 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,725 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,849 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,250 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,443 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,733 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,777 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,483 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,266 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,091 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,062 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,225 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,184 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 59 | #986 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,208 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 76 | #877 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,010 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,039 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 61 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 62 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 64 | #953 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 66 | #920 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 82 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 71 | #872 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 94 | #741 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 82 | #779 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 76 | #810 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 72 | #802 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 77 | #785 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 77 | #778 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 119 | #632 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 88 | #693 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 79 | #683 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 86 | #671 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 112 | #599 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 98 | #643 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 108 | #573 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 94 | #615 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 122 | #517 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 137 | #498 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 139 | #482 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 165 | #440 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 177 | #416 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 186 | #406 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 108 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 114 | #555 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 127 | #511 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 155 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1929 | 135 | #509 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 118 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 132 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 126 | #542 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 140 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 147 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 168 | #469 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 184 | #456 | 0.17 |
| 1921 | 197 | #436 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 188 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 166 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1918 | 175 | #449 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | 146 | #476 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 164 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 152 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 109 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 108 | #416 | 0.21 |
| 1912 | 80 | #437 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 36 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 47 | #380 | 0.24 |
| 1909 | 34 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 32 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 28 | #444 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 26 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 25 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 19 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 34 | #327 | 0.29 |
| 1902 | 25 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 18 | #462 | 0.17 |
| 1900 | 25 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 18 | #450 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 30 | #358 | 0.24 |
| 1897 | 23 | #399 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 26 | #383 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 19 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 17 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 18 | #444 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 33 | #327 | 0.27 |
| 1891 | 16 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 15 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 18 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 19 | #437 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 14 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 9 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 18 | #432 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 22 | #382 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 18 | #427 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 11 | #597 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 12 | #522 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 11 | #593 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Olin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Olin has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Olin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Olin, and how old are they?
4,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 9,934 Americans ever recorded as Olin. The median Olin alive today is 36 years old; half are between 12 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 4,152 people named Olin (45 women and girls, 4,107 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,383 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 393 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 890 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 581 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 461 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 819 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,200 |
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 Olin born?
The states with the most babies named Olin are South Carolina, Georgia and Texas, with 52% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1,116 | #838 | 6.6× |
| Georgia | 808 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Texas | 504 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 369 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 220 | #2,709 | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 210 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 163 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 162 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 129 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 121 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Olin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Olin is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 6.6 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 Olin 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, Olin is the most given (47% of them). In 2025 it was given to 86 of their 154 babies (56%), again the 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 Olin
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 Olin and names like it
- Compare Olin and OlenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sOlin peaked in 1921.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Olin since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Olin.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Olin alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with OMost given first.