Oluf

Boys' name

Ancestor + remainder, through Olaf

Oluf has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1918, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Oluf, 1918

1 in 434,000

Oluf over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Oluf: meaning, origin, and history

Ancestor + remainder, through Olaf

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oluf means

Oluf belongs to the name family reached through Oluf → Olaf → Óláfr. Its meaning is “ancestor + remainder”.

Origin, language, and formation

Oluf is used in Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Olaf and Óláfr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Oluf between 1918 and 1918. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1918; its best national rank was #4,625 in 1918.

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.

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How common is Oluf?

Oluf had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1918, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1918: 1 in 434,000; 5 of 2,171,052 births
Among boys only: 1 in 203,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1918: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 300,973 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Oluf 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 1918 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 300,973 children born in 1918 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oluf. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olufs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oluf was born before 1918 — so the typical Oluf is around 107 today.

Median birth year: 1918; About 107 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Oluf 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1918 (5)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,625; 1918

Spellings of Oluf

Oluf is not the most common spelling — Olin is, with 24.3% against Oluf's 0.01%.

Olin24.3%9,929
Olen18.7%7,665
Luc8.8%3,614
Rolf7.6%3,103
Olan6.7%2,732
Olaf6.2%2,531
Ole5.2%2,125
Wolf4.1%1,658

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.

Oluf by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,625; 1918
Peak year: 1918; 5 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 1918
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Oluf

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

Olus Olu Oluseun Oluyemi Oluremi Olumuyiwa Oluwadara Olukolade Olurotimi Oluwatoba Olushola Oluseyi Olujimi Oluwajoba Oluwatise Olukayode Oluwakayode Oluwafikayo Oluwalonimi Olufemi Oluwatomi Oluwasegun Olusegun Olumide

Sibling names for Oluf

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

For a sister

Winnifred Johnie Ray Lida Maybelle Floy Garnet Mathilda

For a brother

Granville Valentine Ellsworth Buster Sol Ferdinand Regis Casimir

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