Olan
#6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,732since 1895
Olan over time
Rank among boys' names. Olan has never cracked the top 700 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 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #3,651 | 30 |
| 2020 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 31 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,204 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,120 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,037 | 44 |
| 1929 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1927 | #982 | 51 |
| 1926 | #1,174 | 37 |
| 1925 | #882 | 58 |
| 1924 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #941 | 53 |
| 1922 | #924 | 57 |
| 1921 | #939 | 56 |
| 1920 | #805 | 69 |
| 1919 | #867 | 58 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #952 | 43 |
| 1914 | #870 | 39 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Olan! It came in at #978, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Olan is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#276 · 1 in 2,078
- Texas#336 · 1 in 2,331
Best ever in a state: #261 in Oklahoma, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,078 |
| Texas | #336 | 17 | 1 in 2,331 |
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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 Olan
- 1,572 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #6,143)
- 1,603 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #6,143)
- 2,063 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1908 (#1,094 → #712)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1903 (#794 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1908 at #712 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1908–1917
- Highest: 1 in 11,024 boys born in 1908 were named Olan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.4% of all boys named Olan (529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #978 (1895) | #1,043 |
| 1900s | 69 | #712 (1908) | #920 |
| 1910s | 354 | #835 (1913) | #930 |
| 1920s | 529 | #805 (1920) | #966 |
| 1930s | 376 | #939 (1931) | #1,075 |
| 1940s | 314 | #1,120 (1943) | #1,243 |
| 1950s | 237 | #1,227 (1952) | #1,646 |
| 1960s | 149 | #1,823 (1961) | #2,154 |
| 1970s | 110 | #2,464 (1971) | #3,259 |
| 1980s | 89 | #3,430 (1980) | #4,255 |
| 1990s | 44 | #4,878 (1996) | #6,211 |
| 2000s | 105 | #5,334 (2009) | #7,310 |
| 2010s | 204 | #3,753 (2013) | #4,953 |
| 2020s | 136 | #3,651 (2021) | #4,606 |
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.
Olan in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 20,119 of them was named Olan, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).