How rare is the name Oleg?

7,785 people in the United States have the first name Oleg, about 1 in 38,797. It ranks #2,921 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OLEG

#2,921

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,785
About
1 in 38,797
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,785 people named Oleg, 97% reported their origin as White and 1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Oleg peaked in 2019, when 26 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
26
In 2025*
9 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 466 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Oleg by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #11,598. The largest share of babies named Oleg, 52.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#13,5468
1960s#17,2535
1980s#29,8365
1990s#15,32876
2000s#11,598165
2010s#12,857151
2020s#16,87256
Baby boom 1946–641.7%
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1252.8%
2013 and later35.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Oleg

#2,919 Linnea · 7,792#2,920 Iman · 7,791#2,922 Sloan · 7,783#2,923 Luanne · 7,778

Compare