NameTides

Olsen

Olsen was the #2,167 boys' name in the US in 2025 (66 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Olsen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Olsen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Olsen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,167 (66)#5,137 (3)#1,804 (11)
2024#2,236 (64)#3,255 (6)#2,710 (6)
2023#2,848 (44)#3,113 (6)#1,810 (10)
2022#3,412 (34)#4,790 (3)#2,229 (7)
2021#3,582 (31)#2,301 (9)#1,406 (14)
2020#3,344 (33)#3,334 (5)#2,431 (6)
2019#4,230 (24)——
2018#5,106 (18)#3,959 (4)#2,403 (6)
2017#3,781 (28)—#2,439 (6)
2016#4,776 (20)—#2,718 (5)
2015#4,407 (22)——
2014#6,307 (13)——
2013#5,404 (16)#4,685 (3)—
2012#4,862 (19)——
2011#7,502 (10)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,167.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Olsen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Olsen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Olsen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OlsenCanadaBoys#1,80411
OlsenEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
OlsenUSGirls—too few
OlsenUSBoys#2,16766