Olin

Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,851 · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1892 · 33 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,929
since 1880

Olin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Olin has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #320, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,83786
2024—#2,13369
2023—#1,90982
2022—#1,626107
2021—#1,614105
2020—#1,73189
2019—#1,548108
2018—#1,489116
2017—#1,61299
2016—#1,67594
2015—#1,531107
2014—#1,76685
2013—#2,09064
2012—#1,81881
2011—#1,78081
2010—#1,92473
2009—#1,99070
2008—#2,29157
2007—#2,05167
2006—#2,20558
2005—#2,20654
2004—#2,23851
2003—#2,62038
2002—#2,55638
2001—#2,34642
2000—#2,86431
1999—#2,93928
1998—#2,78229
1997—#2,44933
1996—#3,10723
1995—#2,40032
1994—#2,61828
1993—#2,50929
1992—#2,53228
1991—#3,22419
1990—#2,43228
1989—#2,20631
1988—#2,09030
1987—#1,61243
1986—#1,87332
1985—#2,07127
1984—#1,84230
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,70034
1981—#1,81131
1980—#1,52440
1979—#1,59836
1978—#1,24052
1977—#1,43141
1976—#1,71130
1975—#1,34542
1974—#1,74727
1973—#1,46434
1972—#1,36438
1971—#1,25444
1970—#1,20747
1969—#1,08651
1968—#1,05749
1967—#1,21538
1966—#1,04349
1965—#1,16342
1964—#98259
1963—#1,19542
1962—#87176
1961—#1,00160
1960—#1,03455
1959—#98761
1958—#96262
1957—#94464
1956—#91766
1955—#80782
1954—#86871
1953—#73894
1952—#77582
1951—#80676
1950—#80072
1949—#78277
1948—#77477
1947—#631119
1946—#68988
1945—#67679
1944—#66786
1943—#597112
1942—#64298
1941—#571108
1940—#61394
1939—#514122
1938—#495137
1937—#481139
1936—#438165
1935—#416177
1934—#405186
1933—#550108
1932—#550114
1931—#511127
1930—#479155
1929—#506135
1928—#562118
1927—#532132
1926#4,8515#541126
1925—#516140
1924—#519147
1923—#469168
1922—#453184
1921—#435197
1920—#443188
1919—#458166
1918—#448175
1917—#474146
1916—#437164
1915—#441152
1914—#462109
1913—#415108
1912—#43480
1911—#48936
1910—#37647
1909—#42834
1908—#42232
1907—#43928
1906—#43126
1905—#43025
1904—#49219
1903—#32234
1902—#40425
1901—#45318
1900—#45525
1899—#43818
1898—#35030
1897—#39223
1896—#38026
1895—#45619
1894—#48017
1893—#43518
1892—#32033
1891—#44116
1890—#48915
1889—#43418
1888—#43019
1887—#46114
1886—#6479
1885—#42218
1884—#37522
1883—#41218
1882—#57611
1881—#50312
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Olin was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Olin is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #232 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,918 boysNCSouth Carolina: #48 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 230 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #310 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,837 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedMSAlabama: #466 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,560 boysALGeorgia: #278 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,619 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedHITexas: #571 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,826 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Olin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#48 · 1 in 230
  2. North Carolina#232 · 1 in 1,918
  3. Georgia#278 · 1 in 2,619
  4. Oklahoma#310 · 1 in 2,837
  5. Alabama#466 · 1 in 5,560

Best ever in a state: #45 in South Carolina, 1935.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#48841 in 230
North Carolina#232181 in 1,918
Georgia#278111 in 2,619
Oklahoma#31081 in 2,837
Alabama#46651 in 5,560
Texas#571101 in 5,826
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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 Olin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 296 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #1,837)
  • 106 spots since 2020 (#1,731 → #1,837)
  • 306 spots since 2015 (#1,531 → #1,837)
  • Biggest jump: 213 spots in 1964 (#1,195 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1963 (#871 → #1,195)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #320 (33 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,507
  • Highest: 1 in 3,507 boys born in 1903 were named Olin (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,861 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #320 in 1892, was only 1 in 3,698 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Olin (1,535) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s152#375 (1884)#483
1890s215#320 (1892)#418
1900s266#322 (1903)#428
1910s1,183#376 (1910)#443
1920s1,535#435 (1921)#498
1930s1,430#405 (1934)#484
1940s938#571 (1941)#664
1950s730#738 (1953)#860
1960s521#871 (1962)#1,065
1970s391#1,207 (1970)#1,436
1980s339#1,490 (1983)#1,822
1990s277#2,400 (1995)#2,699
2000s506#1,990 (2009)#2,337
2010s908#1,489 (2018)#1,723
2020s538#1,614 (2021)#1,808

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.

Olin in 1934

boys
#405
186 births · 1 in 5,552 boys

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #405Olin186
More about 1934

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 5,552 of them was named Olin, which outranked 90.4% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olin
  1. #402Brian187
  2. #402Huey187
  3. #402Ward187
  4. #405Olin186
  5. #405Armando186
  6. #405Seymour186
  7. #405Sterling186
  8. #409Delmer185
  9. #409Frederic185
  10. #409Hector185

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →