Ole vs Olevia

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Ole Olevia

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 139 years in which either name was published, Ole for 76 years and Olevia for 63 years. The lead changed hands 26 times.

• 1880–1896 Ole ahead
• 1897–1951 Olevia ahead, apart from 3 short spells
• 1954–1982 Ole ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1991–1997 Olevia ahead
• 1999–2005 Ole ahead
• 2006–2008 Olevia ahead
• 2009–2025 Ole ahead

15 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Olevias alive today are over 68; half the Oles are over 39. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Ole North Dakota (79.7×), Minnesota (30.9×)
• Olevia Louisiana (33.7×), Mississippi (14.7×), Arkansas (3.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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