Ole
Ole is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. Its best rank was 242nd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 188142 births
- Best rank
- #242in 1881
- Since 1880
- 2,101people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,101 boys have been named Ole in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1881, with 42 births.
The name has all but left use: 19 births in 2024, against 42 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1880s alone account for 15%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ole | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 310 | |
| 1890s | 165 | |
| 1900s | 122 | |
| 1910s | 280 | |
| 1920s | 216 | |
| 1930s | 151 | |
| 1940s | 116 | |
| 1950s | 148 | |
| 1960s | 107 | |
| 1970s | 92 | |
| 1980s | 40 | |
| 1990s | 19 | |
| 2000s | 75 | |
| 2010s | 165 | |
| 2020s | 95 |
In 1881, its biggest year
Ole was the 242nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1881 were John, William, James, George and Charles. See all of 1881.
Names that rose and fell with Ole
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Archpeak 1880
- Pinkpeak 1919
- Chaspeak 1915
- Greenpeak 1927
- Isompeak 1920
- Bertpeak 1918
- Charleypeak 1920
- Rollapeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.