Olson
#8,992 most common boys' name of all time · #22,720 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1927–2025
Rank among boys
#8,992
Rank overall
#22,720 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
30 of 146
All-time
343
Since 2016
207
Peak year
2024 #3,293
Best rank
#2,822 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 36/yr
Olson first appears in 1927. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,680 |
| 2024 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,293 |
| 2023 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,029 |
| 2022 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,733 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,094 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,059 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,468 |
| 2018 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,497 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,110 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,617 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,739 |
| 2014 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,790 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,015 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,949 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,804 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,339 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,594 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,501 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,668 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,398 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,199 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,288 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,261 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,087 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,145 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,822 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,200 |