Boys' name · since 1910
Ollen
302 babies named Ollen in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,539 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 302
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
302 boys have been named Ollen since 1910, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ollen has 302 recorded births among boys since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2024.
- #10,539 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 302 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ollen ranks #10,539 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 302 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,539 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 302
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ollen's 302 recorded births place it above 76.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ollen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ollen's SSA record in two at 1931 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1943, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ollen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2024
- Peak year (1919)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Ollen by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (105 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Ollen's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ollen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
65 births
- 1920s
1920s
105 births
- 1930s
1930s
53 births
- 1940s
1940s
42 births
- 1950s 25
1950s
25 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 105 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ollen's data
- Ollen's decade-level peak was the 1920s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ollen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~114 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ollen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.