Olene
Olene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 886th, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192266 births
- Best rank
- #886in 1917
- Since 1898
- 1,347people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,347 girls have been named Olene in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 66 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 66 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 36%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1922, its biggest year
Olene was the 904th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1922 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Olene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dorathypeak 1921
- Erlinepeak 1927
- Florenepeak 1919
- Onetapeak 1922
- Dorthapeak 1921
- Dorothypeak 1924
- Wanetapeak 1923
- Concettapeak 1924
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.