Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Olan

#2,587 most common boys' name of all time · #6,236 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1895–2025

Rank among boys
#2,587
Rank overall
#6,236 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
2,732
Since 2016
231
Peak year
1920 #811
Best rank
#741 1908
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Olan first appears in 1895. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,161
2024 — 22 22 #4,586
2023 — 30 30 #3,721
2022 — 19 19 #5,035
2021 — 30 30 #3,660
2020 — 21 21 #4,549
2019 — 26 26 #4,015
2018 — 27 27 #3,900
2017 — 22 22 #4,479
2016 — 20 20 #4,785
2015 — 25 25 #4,089
2014 — 19 19 #4,890
2013 — 27 27 #3,761
2012 — 10 10 #7,588
2011 — 16 16 #5,442
2010 — 12 12 #6,716
2009 — 17 17 #5,349
2008 — 15 15 #5,787
2007 — 5 5 #12,457
2006 — 8 8 #8,773
2005 — 9 9 #7,689
2004 — 14 14 #5,522
2003 — 8 8 #7,890
2002 — 11 11 #6,117
2001 — 8 8 #7,588
2000 — 10 10 #6,350
1997 — 7 7 #7,329
1996 — 12 12 #4,903
1995 — 6 6 #7,857
1994 — 9 9 #5,911
1992 — 10 10 #5,273
1989 — 12 12 #4,308
1988 — 8 8 #5,258
1986 — 6 6 #5,999
1985 — 9 9 #4,386
1984 — 11 11 #3,738
1983 — 9 9 #4,185
1982 — 11 11 #3,739
1981 — 11 11 #3,640
1980 — 12 12 #3,462
1979 — 9 9 #4,118
1978 — 12 12 #3,245
1977 — 13 13 #3,075
1976 — 10 10 #3,506
1975 — 13 13 #2,938
1974 — 11 11 #3,168
1973 — 12 12 #2,895
1972 — 8 8 #3,685
1971 — 15 15 #2,492
1970 — 7 7 #3,899
1969 — 18 18 #1,995
1968 — 12 12 #2,476
1967 — 12 12 #2,389
1966 — 13 13 #2,246
1965 — 18 18 #1,881
1964 — 14 14 #2,237
1963 — 15 15 #2,143
1962 — 11 11 #2,558
1961 — 20 20 #1,845
1960 — 16 16 #2,070
1959 — 16 16 #2,065
1958 — 19 19 #1,864
1957 — 23 23 #1,692
1956 — 14 14 #2,209
1955 — 23 23 #1,624
1954 — 20 20 #1,733
1953 — 33 33 #1,321
1952 — 36 36 #1,237
1951 — 31 31 #1,340
1950 — 22 22 #1,590
1949 — 28 28 #1,396
1948 — 23 23 #1,540
1947 — 36 36 #1,225
1946 — 34 34 #1,206
1945 — 30 30 #1,218
1944 — 32 32 #1,184
1943 — 37 37 #1,133
1942 — 30 30 #1,291
1941 — 34 34 #1,147
1940 — 30 30 #1,243
1939 — 36 36 #1,079
1938 — 39 39 #1,039
1937 — 37 37 #1,069
1936 — 36 36 #1,085
1935 — 32 32 #1,185
1934 — 33 33 #1,161
1933 — 30 30 #1,222
1932 — 41 41 #1,052
1931 — 48 48 #952
1930 — 44 44 #1,048
1929 — 35 35 #1,183
1928 — 46 46 #1,028
1927 — 51 51 #988
1926 — 37 37 #1,186
1925 — 58 58 #888
1924 — 67 67 #834
1923 — 53 53 #950
1922 — 57 57 #927
1921 — 56 56 #947
1920 — 69 69 #811
1919 — 58 58 #874
1918 — 42 42 #1,054
1917 — 46 46 #960
1916 — 47 47 #937
1915 — 43 43 #958
1914 — 39 39 #882
1913 — 33 33 #852
1912 — 21 21 #1,021
1911 — 14 14 #922
1910 — 11 11 #1,040
1909 — 12 12 #888
1908 — 14 14 #741
1907 — 7 7 #1,184
1905 — 7 7 #1,082
1904 — 6 6 #1,176
1903 — 5 5 #1,266
1902 — 9 9 #858
1901 — 9 9 #777
1899 — 5 5 #1,185
1896 — 5 5 #1,250
1895 — 6 6 #1,076