Olyn
#11,636 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Olyn has been given to 98 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #11,636 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1918, with 8 recorded.
Babies named Olyn, 2025
1 in 553,000
Olyn over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Olyn?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #11,636
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Olyn sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Olyns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Olyn was born before 1928 — so the typical Olyn is around 97 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 30.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 43.9%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 43
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 30.6% of all recorded uses (30).
Is Olyn 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
- −2,320
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,876
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.20×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 75.0%
- Peak was 1918 (8)
- Years since peak
- 107
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 12.8% average annual change
Spellings of Olyn
Olyn is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 29.5% against Olyn's <0.01%.
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.
Olyn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Olyn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Olyn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.