How Many People Are Named Ole?
people named Ole are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 452,695 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,125 babies named Ole in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Danish and Norwegian form of OLAF.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ole in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ole alive today is about 37 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ole first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1881, to 42 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ole has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #242, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #4,819.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,819 |
| Best rank | #242 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #301 in the 1880s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ole alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ole were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 32 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ole was given 47 times as often in North Dakota and 28.6 times in Minnesota.
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