Olin
Olin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 69 births. Its best rank was 327th, in 1892, 1903.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 690.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921197 births
- Best rank
- #327first in 1892
- Since 1880
- 9,842people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,842 boys have been named Olin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 197 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 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 82 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Olin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | |
| 1890s | 215 | |
| 1900s | 266 | |
| 1910s | 1,183 | |
| 1920s | 1,535 | |
| 1930s | 1,430 | |
| 1940s | 938 | |
| 1950s | 730 | |
| 1960s | 521 | |
| 1970s | 391 | |
| 1980s | 339 | |
| 1990s | 277 | |
| 2000s | 506 | |
| 2010s | 908 | |
| 2020s | 451 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Olin was the 436th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Olin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Otispeak 1920
- Clementpeak 1918
- Rupertpeak 1920
- Clydepeak 1920
- Oranpeak 1922
- Noblepeak 1920
- Waltonpeak 1922
- Louiepeak 2024
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.