Olan
Olan was the 6345th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1908, when it ranked 734th; the most babies were born in 1920 (69). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,195 places. More babies were named Olan in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,345 boys, down 1,684 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192069 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,732babies recorded
Olan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,345 | 14 |
| 2020 | #4,661 | 21 |
| 2010 | #6,977 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,695 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #3,558 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,117 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,600 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,245 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1920 | #810 | 69 |
| 1910 | #1,026 | 11 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Olan, counting every spelling?
Olan is a spelling of Olin, a name family that ranked #1,390 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,345 for Olan on its own. Together these spellings went to 121 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olin | 86 | #1,849 | 449 |
| Olan | 14 | #6,345 | 115 |
| Ollin | 15 | #6,067 | 66 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Olan?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Olan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Olan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Olan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Olan?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Olan are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 13 and 71. That makes Olan mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Olan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Olan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Olan
How popular is the name Olan?
Olan was the 6345th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1908, when it ranked 734th; the most babies were born in 1920 (69). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,195 places. More babies were named Olan in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Olan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Olan in the US.