Ole
#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 29 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,125since 1880
Ole over time
Rank among boys' names. Ole has never cracked the top 200 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 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,078 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #980 | 41 |
| 1914 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | #466 | 17 |
| 1900 | #603 | 17 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #437 | 20 |
| 1894 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #358 | 24 |
| 1889 | #405 | 20 |
| 1888 | #284 | 40 |
| 1887 | #377 | 19 |
| 1886 | #321 | 28 |
| 1885 | #305 | 31 |
| 1884 | #318 | 30 |
| 1883 | #279 | 35 |
| 1882 | #286 | 36 |
| 1881 | #237 | 42 |
| 1880 | #314 | 29 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ole was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ole is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#111 · 1 in 490
- South Dakota#116 · 1 in 508
- Minnesota#232 · 1 in 1,808
Best ever in a state: #89 in North Dakota, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Dakota | #111 | 6 | 1 in 490 |
| South Dakota | #116 | 5 | 1 in 508 |
| Minnesota | #232 | 5 | 1 in 1,808 |
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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 Ole
- 183 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,707)
- 432 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,707)
- 351 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,707)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #866)
- Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1910 (#804 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #237 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1905
- Highest: 1 in 2,398 boys born in 1881 were named Ole (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.6% of all boys named Ole (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 310 | #237 (1881) | #313 |
| 1890s | 165 | #358 (1890) | #492 |
| 1900s | 122 | #466 (1901) | #753 |
| 1910s | 280 | #918 (1912) | #1,077 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,300 (1920) | #1,718 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,368 (1930) | #1,949 |
| 1940s | 116 | #1,884 (1946) | #2,212 |
| 1950s | 148 | #1,643 (1951) | #2,200 |
| 1960s | 109 | #1,997 (1961) | #2,671 |
| 1970s | 92 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,455 |
| 1980s | 40 | #3,692 (1982) | #4,900 |
| 1990s | 19 | #6,968 (1994) | #7,653 |
| 2000s | 75 | #6,013 (2001) | #8,311 |
| 2010s | 165 | #4,263 (2014) | #6,024 |
| 2020s | 117 | #4,247 (2021) | #5,160 |
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.
Ole in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 19,714 of them was named Ole, which outranked 70.3% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).