Olen Boy
How popular is Olen?
#3,449 boy name in 2025
33 baby boys were named Olen in the US in 2025, making it the 3449th most popular boy name.
Olen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,449 for boys (▼ 576 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 33 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,364 in 2015, #3,073 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (193 boys) |
| Highest rank | #420 in 1913 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Olen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Olin family of names ranked #1,137 for boys in 2025 (#1,148 the year before), with 154 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Olen is most popular
Babies named Olen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Olen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #595 |
| 1890s | 106 | #518 |
| 1900s | 181 | #475 |
| 1910s | 1,143 | #420 |
| 1920s | 1,647 | #436 |
| 1930s | 1,130 | #512 |
| 1940s | 916 | #579 |
| 1950s | 676 | #753 |
| 1960s | 415 | #1,068 |
| 1970s | 282 | #1,278 |
| 1980s | 195 | #1,965 |
| 1990s | 159 | #2,909 |
| 2000s | 174 | #3,161 |
| 2010s | 360 | #2,437 |
| 2020s | 226 | #2,873 |
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Questions
- Is Olen a boy or girl name?
- Olen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Olen were boys.
- How popular is the name Olen?
- 33 baby boys were named Olen in the US in 2025, making it the 3449th most popular boy name.
- When was Olen most popular?
- Olen peaked in 1922, when 193 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #420, held for 2 years starting in 1913.
- How many people are named Olen?
- 7,678 babies have been named Olen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,794 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Olen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Olen was most common in Missouri, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.