How rare is the name Olin?

4,152 people in the United States have the first name Olin, about 1 in 72,744. It ranks #4,479 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

OLIN

#4,479

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,152
About
1 in 72,744
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,152 people named Olin, 79.5% reported their origin as White, 9.3% as Black and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Olin peaked in 1921, when 197 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
197
In 2025*
86 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,934 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Olin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #974. The largest share of babies named Olin, 27.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#995152
1890s#1,029215
1900s#1,104266
1910s#9741,183
1920s#1,0601,540
1930s#1,0061,430
1940s#1,447938
1950s#1,983730
1960s#2,554521
1970s#3,442391
1980s#4,434339
1990s#6,373277
2000s#5,327506
2010s#3,797908
2020s#3,828538
Before 19013.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.8%
Baby boom 1946–6413.9%
Generation X 1965–806.6%
Millennials 1981–964.9%
Generation Z 1997–128.4%
2013 and later12.2%

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.

Where Olin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Olin has been most common in South Carolina (16×), Georgia (6.1×), and North Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Ohio (0.18×).

4,658 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Olin

1 other first name also has 4,152 people.

#4,479 Kaeden · 4,152

Either side of Olin

#4,477 Lanette · 4,156#4,479 Kaeden · 4,152#4,481 Rayden · 4,143#4,482 Jovany · 4,142

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Olin, most common first.

#6,139 Olen · 2,646#11,013 Olan · 1,182#29,280 Olina · 303#33,126 Ollin · 251#46,679 Olyn · 142

Also a last name

As a last name, Olin ranks #8,213 of 156,621, with 3,861 people. See Olin as a last name

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