Olaf
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,531since 1880
Olaf over time
Rank among boys' names. Olaf has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,283 | 31 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,227 | 35 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #1,235 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #991 | 50 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #959 | 49 |
| 1918 | #851 | 60 |
| 1917 | #706 | 74 |
| 1916 | #662 | 79 |
| 1915 | #690 | 71 |
| 1914 | #687 | 55 |
| 1913 | #658 | 46 |
| 1912 | #668 | 40 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #511 | 21 |
| 1906 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #502 | 16 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #456 | 15 |
| 1890 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #461 | 14 |
| 1886 | #431 | 17 |
| 1885 | #388 | 21 |
| 1884 | #399 | 20 |
| 1883 | #433 | 17 |
| 1882 | #514 | 13 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Olaf was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Olaf is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#481 · 1 in 9,844
- New York#553 · 1 in 15,946
Best ever in a state: #74 in North Dakota, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #481 | 6 | 1 in 9,844 |
| New York | #553 | 6 | 1 in 15,946 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Olaf
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
- 6,950 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 396 spots in 1906 (#919 → #523)
- Biggest drop: 498 spots in 1909 (#522 → #1,020)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #388 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1880–1908
- Highest: 1 in 5,133 boys born in 1885 were named Olaf (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Olaf (501) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 149 | #388 (1885) | #493 |
| 1890s | 124 | #456 (1891) | #598 |
| 1900s | 126 | #511 (1907) | #750 |
| 1910s | 501 | #658 (1913) | #763 |
| 1920s | 357 | #991 (1921) | #1,217 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,283 (1930) | #1,667 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,685 (1941) | #2,035 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,759 (1959) | #2,155 |
| 1960s | 175 | #1,655 (1964) | #1,951 |
| 1970s | 148 | #1,939 (1970) | #2,866 |
| 1980s | 79 | #3,256 (1980) | #4,668 |
| 1990s | 98 | #3,325 (1991) | #5,822 |
| 2000s | 137 | #4,395 (2008) | #6,112 |
| 2010s | 133 | #4,392 (2014) | #6,797 |
| 2020s | 35 | #9,554 (2020) | #11,121 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Olaf in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 29,366 of them was named Olaf, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,121Verle39
- #1,121Virgel39
- #1,121Wellington39
- #1,144Olaf38
- #1,144Arlis38
- #1,144Author38
- #1,144Bart38
- #1,164Blake37
- #1,164Cameron37
- #1,164Carmel37
Tied with 19 names at #1,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.