Olin

Where Olin comes from

The dictionaries list Olin as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Olin Howland born
    American actor
  3. 1892
    Peak, #320
    33 babies named Olin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1919
    Olin J. Eggen born
    American astronomer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Olin Howland · American actor, 1886–1959
  • Olin J. Eggen · American astronomer, 1919–1998
  • Olin Chaddock Wilson · American astronomer, 1909–1994
  • Olin D. Johnston · American politician, 1896–1965
  • Olin Stephens · American yacht designer, 1908–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.