How Many People Are Named Oleg?
people named Oleg are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 747,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 466 babies named Oleg in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Russian form of HELGE. The Varangians brought this name from Scandinavia to Russia. It was borne by an important 10th-century Grand Prince of Kiev.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Oleg in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Oleg alive today is about 18 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Oleg first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 2019, to 26 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Oleg has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,207, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #8,724.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,724 |
| Best rank | #3,207 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,020 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Oleg alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Oleg were born in California than in any other state: about 31 of those alive today.
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