Olan
Olan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 734th, in 1908.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192069 births
- Best rank
- #734in 1908
- Since 1895
- 2,718people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,718 boys have been named Olan in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 69 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Olan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | |
| 1900s | 69 | |
| 1910s | 354 | |
| 1920s | 529 | |
| 1930s | 376 | |
| 1940s | 314 | |
| 1950s | 237 | |
| 1960s | 149 | |
| 1970s | 110 | |
| 1980s | 89 | |
| 1990s | 44 | |
| 2000s | 105 | |
| 2010s | 204 | |
| 2020s | 122 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Olan was the 810th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Olan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Odispeak 1921
- Odellpeak 1922
- Thurstonpeak 1918
- Foypeak 1921
- Arvelpeak 1921
- Murrellpeak 1923
- Hiltonpeak 1920
- Cletuspeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.