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How popular is “Ole” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ole” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ole” 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 “Ole” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ole” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ole” 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 29 0.000143932 29 -100%
1881 42 0.000217969 42 -100%
1882 36 0.000162504 36 -100%
1883 35 0.00016133 35 -100%
1884 30 0.000123223 30 -100%
1885 31 0.000128709 31 -100%
1886 28 0.000109668 28 -100%
1887 19 0.000076801 19 -100%
1888 40 0.000133568 40 -100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 -100%
1890 24 0.000079628 24 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 -100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 -100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 -100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 -100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 -100%
1913 26 0.000022865 26 -100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 -100%
1915 41 0.000022375 41 -100%
1916 27 0.000013958 27 -100%
1917 38 0.000018936 38 -100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 -100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 -100%
1920 31 0.000013701 31 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 23 0.000006206 23 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 21 0.000005872 21 -100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 -100%
2019 22 0.000006338 22 -100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 -100%
2021 24 0.000007084 24 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 -100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 -100%

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