Olson — #3281 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Olson

The Social Security Administration has registered 313 babies named Olson between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olson currently holds the #3281 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Olson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Olson in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olson 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 313 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.