Olsen Boy
How popular is Olsen?
#2,167 boy name in 2025
66 baby boys were named Olsen in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
Olsen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,167 for boys (▲ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+200% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,405 in 2015, #3,342 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (66 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,167 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Olsen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Olsen family of names ranked #1,477 for boys in 2025 (#1,445 the year before), with 96 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Olsen | 66 | 69% |
| Olson | 30 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Olsen is most popular
Babies named Olsen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Olsen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Olsen
Questions
- Is Olsen a boy or girl name?
- Olsen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Olsen were boys.
- How popular is the name Olsen?
- 66 baby boys were named Olsen in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
- When was Olsen most popular?
- Olsen peaked in 2025, when 66 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,167 in 2025.
- How many people are named Olsen?
- 496 babies have been named Olsen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 493 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Olsen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Olsen was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.