Olin Boy
How popular is Olin?
#1,837 boy name in 2025
86 baby boys were named Olin in the US in 2025, making it the 1837th most popular boy name.
Olin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,837 for boys (▲ 296 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 86 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,531 in 2015, #1,731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (197 boys) |
| Highest rank | #320 in 1892 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Olin 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 Olin is most popular
Babies named Olin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (33 boys)
Olin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | #375 |
| 1890s | 215 | #320 |
| 1900s | 266 | #322 |
| 1910s | 1,183 | #376 |
| 1920s | 1,535 | #435 |
| 1930s | 1,430 | #405 |
| 1940s | 938 | #571 |
| 1950s | 730 | #737 |
| 1960s | 521 | #870 |
| 1970s | 391 | #1,207 |
| 1980s | 339 | #1,489 |
| 1990s | 277 | #2,395 |
| 2000s | 506 | #1,989 |
| 2010s | 908 | #1,489 |
| 2020s | 538 | #1,614 |
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Questions
- Is Olin a boy or girl name?
- Olin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Olin were boys.
- How popular is the name Olin?
- 86 baby boys were named Olin in the US in 2025, making it the 1837th most popular boy name.
- When was Olin most popular?
- Olin peaked in 1921, when 197 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #320 in 1892.
- How many people are named Olin?
- 9,934 babies have been named Olin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,521 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Olin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Olin was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.2 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.