Olene
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #4,533
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 62 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,347since 1898
Olene over time
Rank among girls' names. Olene has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 39 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 45 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1926 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 |
| 1924 | #985 | 60 |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 |
| 1921 | #1,115 | 47 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #954 | 55 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 |
| 1917 | #879 | 62 |
| 1916 | #1,026 | 45 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
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| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
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| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Olene! It came in at #1,379, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Olene is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#341 · 1 in 2,834
- Texas#948 · 1 in 11,645
Best ever in a state: #274 in Alabama, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #341 | 11 | 1 in 2,834 |
| Texas | #948 | 5 | 1 in 11,645 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Olene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1922 (#1,115 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1923 (#897 → #1,111)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1917 at #879 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1917–1919
- Highest: 1 in 17,440 girls born in 1917 were named Olene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 218,511 girls born in 1962 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Olene (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1890s | 7 | #1,379 (1898) | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,101 (1906) | #1,598 |
| 1910s | 322 | #879 (1917) | #1,266 |
| 1920s | 482 | #897 (1922) | #1,100 |
| 1930s | 286 | #1,043 (1931) | #1,462 |
| 1940s | 130 | #1,874 (1945) | #2,804 |
| 1950s | 54 | #3,019 (1954) | #4,659 |
| 1960s | 14 | #4,533 (1962) | #5,462 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Olene in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 25,667 of them was named Olene, which outranked 80.6% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,101Peggie48
- #1,101Soledad48
- #1,101Zena48
- #1,111Olene47
- #1,111Arlyne47
- #1,111Arnetta47
- #1,111Bernetta47
- #1,129Alvena46
- #1,129Annalee46
- #1,129Beula46
Tied with 17 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.