Boys' name · since 1989
Olsen
491 babies named Olsen in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,179 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
491 babies have been named Olsen since 1989, making it today's #2179 boys' name.
Olsen has 491 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2179 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #7,982 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,179 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 491 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olsen ranks #7,982 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,179 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 491 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,179 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Olsen's 491 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Olsen compares
491 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Olsen's all-time total is 33% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Olsen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 491 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 34 | 22,252 |
Olsen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Olsen's full recorded timeline at 2015, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Olsen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Olsen popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Olsen as girls' name)
Olsen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (272 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Olsen's strongest decade.
272 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Olsen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
177 births
- 2020s
2020s
272 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 272 births (55% of all-time use).
Olsen by state
Where Olsen concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 31 | 6.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 24 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 11 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #5 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.0% |
31 of 491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Olsens (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olsen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Olsen 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.