Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ole

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ole
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1881

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 18812024

Peak year

1881

Decline from peak

54.8%

2024

All-time

2,101

Ole has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1881, when 42 boys were named Ole.

In 2024, only 19 boys were given the name.

Down 54.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,101 Americans have been named Ole and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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