How Many People Are Named Olson?
An estimated 288 people in the United States have the first name Olson. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Olson peaked in popularity in 2024 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Olson as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Olson paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
288
About 1 in 1,190,119 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2024
36 births
Total Registered
313
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Olson
Olson is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 313 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Olson as a male name
Ranked #3,307 in 2024
36 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (36 births)
Olson: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Olson span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 114 babies were registered. Olson remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Olson by Decade
How has Olson tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Olson by State
Olson + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Olson as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Olson
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
Olson: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Olson?
We estimate approximately 288 people named Olson are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,190,119 Americans share this first name.
Is Olson a common name?
Olson is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 313 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Olson most popular?
Olson reached peak popularity in 2024, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Olson is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Olson a male name?
Olson is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Olson Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Olson Smith, Olson Johnson, Olson Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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