Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Olaf” in the USA?

Number of people named “Olaf” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Olaf” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Olaf” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Olaf” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Olaf” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Olaf” by birth year

This chart shows how “Olaf” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 17 0.000078361 17 -100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 -100%
1885 21 0.00008719 21 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 -100%
1890 14 0.00004645 14 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 40 0.000040483 40 -100%
1913 46 0.000040453 46 -100%
1914 55 0.000038832 55 -100%
1915 71 0.000038746 71 -100%
1916 79 0.000040839 79 -100%
1917 74 0.000036876 74 -100%
1918 60 0.000027636 60 -100%
1919 49 0.00002322 49 -100%
1920 43 0.000019004 43 -100%
1921 50 0.000021418 50 -100%
1922 33 0.000014416 33 -100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 -100%
1924 31 0.000013016 31 -100%
1925 38 0.000016286 38 -100%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 -100%
1927 35 0.00001509 35 -100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 -100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 -100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 -100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 -100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 22 0.000005597 22 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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