Olan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Olan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Olan: Recorded since 1972, it reached #222 in 1999, and it stood at #329 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#222highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#3385
2014	#3895
2016	#4810
2017	#3040
2019	#3937
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2024: #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1972–2025
Highest recorded position: #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1972–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Olan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 316 births with the name.

Olan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Olan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1972)	#222 (1999)	#329 (2025)	41 of 54	316 (1972–2025)	20 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#3385 (2006)	#2921 (2024)	#2921 (2024)	6 of 19	28 (2006–2024)	7 (2024)

Olan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Olan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	15	4 of 10	4
1980s	14	4 of 10	4
1990s	38	7 of 10	5
2000s	94	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	113	10 of 10	11
2020s	42	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Olan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Olan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	20	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#284	16	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1972 and 2025, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #222, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fionan · #223, 41y
Rudolf · #220, 39y
Ethel · #217, 45y
Niclas · #217, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dwain · #222, 12y
Viktorija · #223, 44y
Daria · #224, 47y
Elma · #224, 41y

Olan was ranked #222 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Olan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Olan without appearing here.

Olan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3937 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3937 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3937 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Nils Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3937 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Olan

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1935.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #2079.
Jesse Compare
In 2013 they stood at #257 and #271 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #468 and #208.

Moved the opposite way to Olan

Noah Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #234 to #329 while Noah went from #295 to #3.
Theo Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #234 to #329 while Theo went from #295 to #21.
Harrison Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #222 to #329 while Harrison went from #330 to #118.

Moved the same way as Olan

Gary Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #307 to #430 and Gary from #54 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #307 to #430 and Kenneth from #26 to #785.
Phillip Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #307 to #430 and Phillip from #219 to #785.
Craig Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Olan went from #307 to #584 and Craig from #158 to #516.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Olan

Olan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olan across 2 official records

Olan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Olan at a glance

Olan across 2 official records

Olan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Olan

Olan and the names beside it

Olan moved ahead of

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