Name Awesome

Olin

#1,849 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Oline

Olin has been given to 9,934 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,849 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 197 recorded.

Babies named Olin, 2025

1 in 38,500

Olin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Olin: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Oline

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Olin means

Olin is a variant of Oline.

Origin, language, and formation

Olin is used in English and Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Oline.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,929 boys were recorded with the name Olin between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 197 in 1921; its best national rank was #327 in 1892.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,741 in 2020 to #1,849 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,537 in 2015 to #1,849 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Olin between 1926 and 1926. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1926; its best national rank was #5,428 in 1926.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Olin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 38,500
86 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 19,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,849
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,721 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Olin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,721 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Olin was born before 1941 — so the typical Olin is around 84 today.

Median birth year
1941
About 84 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
15.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,210
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 15.5% of all recorded uses (1,535).

Is Olin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+303
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−108
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−312
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.7%
Peak was 1921 (197)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#327
1892

Spellings of Olin

Olin is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 18.5% against Olin's 0.51%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Olin is used

Across 2016–2025, Olin was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 3,704 boys, against 1 in 25,349 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

127 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 3,704
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 4,167
  3. 3Washington1 in 7,143
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 10,000
  5. 5Oregon1 in 25,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Michigan1 in 33,333
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Olin around the world

Where Olin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    1999–1999
    #379
    in 1999
  • France
    2019–2019
    #6,150
    in 2019
  • Canada
    2002–2021
    #1,826
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    2005–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Olin

People whose public names include Olin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Olin in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Olin. Linked forms have their own page here.

OlenUlinOliano

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Olin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,849
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 108
Best rank ever
#327
1892
Peak year
1921
197 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,929
Count in 2025
86

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,428
1926
Peak year
1926
5 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
1926
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Olin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JaylinArlinMerlinRollinDallinMarlinGatlinKylinKolinKalinJalinOrlinOlivierDevlinOliveKollinOliviaCarlinOlieCalinRylinTylinHarlinDaylin

Names with a curve like Olin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Olin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

HoytEmileJulesWarnerBasilHershelHollisRaleighEveretteMervinValentineFreeman

Sibling names for Olin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Olin

Top names of 1921, Olin's peak yearThe 1920s in fullOther names that peaked in 1892Boys' names starting with O