Ole
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Ole is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Ole mean?
Scandinavian
A male given name from Danish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ole a girl's or a boy's name?
Ole is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ole in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ole in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ole in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Ole in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Ole, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1881, with 42 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Ole in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1967. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Ole in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,078 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 41 | #980 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 26 | #969 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 15 | #555 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 20 | #437 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 24 | #358 |
| 1889 | 20 | #405 |
| 1888 | 40 | #284 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 28 | #321 |
| 1885 | 31 | #305 |
| 1884 | 30 | #318 |
| 1883 | 35 | #279 |
| 1882 | 36 | #286 |
| 1881 | 42 | #237 |
| 1880 | 29 | #314 |
Names like Ole
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ollie George Charlie Archie Otto Harry Oliver Otis Harvey Louie Theodore William
More Scandinavian names
Kaia Jenson Jensen Maren Gustavo Anders Stellan Iverson Kari Kaja Larson Olsen Nea Ronya Jensyn Soley
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ole: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ole, updated 20 October 2026.