Girls' name · since 1917
Olwyn
22 babies named Olwyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Olwyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1917.
Olwyn has 22 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2024.
- #44,930 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1917
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olwyn ranks #44,930 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1917, peaking in the 1970s.
- #44,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Olwyn's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olwyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Olwyn's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Olwyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2024
- Peak year (1970)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Olwyn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Olwyn's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Olwyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Olwyn's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olwyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1917–2024 (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 Olwyn 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.