Olyn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Olyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Olyn between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Olyn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Olyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Olyn 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 92 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.