Meaning not yet researched.
Olan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 14 in 2025. Its best rank was #734 in 1908.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #734 in 1908; #6,345 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Olan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,345 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1908, at #734.
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Olan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 14 boys in 2025. Peak: #734 in 1908 · most boys in one year: 69 (1920).
In 2025, 14 US boys were named Olan, making it the 6,345th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,678 places from #4,667 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 22 boys named Olan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #734, reached in 1908. The most boys given the name in a single year was 69, in 1920. For comparison, it was #4,150 in 2015 and #1,600 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Olan in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1895 with 6 babies. In all, 2,732 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 529 babies named Olan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 231 US boys were named Olan; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 30. In 2025 that was about 1 in 122,005 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Olin (9,934 babies since 1880), Olen (7,678 babies since 1880) and Olene (1,347 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Olan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 14 | #6,345 |
| 2024 | — | — | 22 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | — | — | 30 | #3,778 |
| 2022 | — | — | 19 | #5,166 |
| 2021 | — | — | 30 | #3,716 |
| 2020 | — | — | 21 | #4,661 |
| 2019 | — | — | 26 | #4,079 |
| 2018 | — | — | 27 | #3,964 |
| 2017 | — | — | 22 | #4,555 |
| 2016 | — | — | 20 | #4,894 |
| 2015 | — | — | 25 | #4,150 |
| 2014 | — | — | 19 | #5,006 |
| 2013 | — | — | 27 | #3,827 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #7,971 |
| 2011 | — | — | 16 | #5,605 |
| 2010 | — | — | 12 | #6,977 |
| 2009 | — | — | 17 | #5,482 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #5,984 |
| 2007 | — | — | 5 | #13,859 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #9,334 |
| 2005 | — | — | 9 | #8,115 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,711 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,411 |
| 2002 | — | — | 11 | #6,402 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,103 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,695 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #7,890 |
| 1996 | — | — | 12 | #5,098 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,580 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,206 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,543 |
| 1989 | — | — | 12 | #4,447 |
| 1988 | — | — | 8 | #5,581 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,501 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,588 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,864 |
| 1983 | — | — | 9 | #4,393 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,879 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,787 |
| 1980 | — | — | 12 | #3,558 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,307 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,346 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,152 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,644 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #3,031 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,265 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,975 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,868 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,523 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #4,117 |
| 1969 | — | — | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,543 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,897 |
| 1964 | — | — | 14 | #2,283 |
| 1963 | — | — | 15 | #2,177 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1961 | — | — | 20 | #1,861 |
| 1960 | — | — | 16 | #2,098 |
| 1959 | — | — | 16 | #2,085 |
| 1958 | — | — | 19 | #1,877 |
| 1957 | — | — | 23 | #1,707 |
| 1956 | — | — | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1955 | — | — | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1954 | — | — | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1953 | — | — | 33 | #1,323 |
| 1952 | — | — | 36 | #1,237 |
| 1951 | — | — | 31 | #1,340 |
| 1950 | — | — | 22 | #1,600 |
| 1949 | — | — | 28 | #1,399 |
| 1948 | — | — | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1947 | — | — | 36 | #1,228 |
| 1946 | — | — | 34 | #1,211 |
| 1945 | — | — | 30 | #1,223 |
| 1944 | — | — | 32 | #1,184 |
| 1943 | — | — | 37 | #1,135 |
| 1942 | — | — | 30 | #1,291 |
| 1941 | — | — | 34 | #1,146 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,245 |
| 1939 | — | — | 36 | #1,080 |
| 1938 | — | — | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1937 | — | — | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1936 | — | — | 36 | #1,087 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,184 |
| 1934 | — | — | 33 | #1,167 |
| 1933 | — | — | 30 | #1,222 |
| 1932 | — | — | 41 | #1,048 |
| 1931 | — | — | 48 | #955 |
| 1930 | — | — | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1929 | — | — | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1928 | — | — | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1927 | — | — | 51 | #988 |
| 1926 | — | — | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1925 | — | — | 58 | #888 |
| 1924 | — | — | 67 | #833 |
| 1923 | — | — | 53 | #948 |
| 1922 | — | — | 57 | #925 |
| 1921 | — | — | 56 | #947 |
| 1920 | — | — | 69 | #810 |
| 1919 | — | — | 58 | #874 |
| 1918 | — | — | 42 | #1,055 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #953 |
| 1916 | — | — | 47 | #935 |
| 1915 | — | — | 43 | #957 |
| 1914 | — | — | 39 | #879 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #848 |
| 1912 | — | — | 21 | #1,016 |
| 1911 | — | — | 14 | #915 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,026 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #882 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #734 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,062 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,169 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #846 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #764 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,159 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,219 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,046 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).