Oleg
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Oleg is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “holy, sacred or blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Oleg mean?
Slavic
“holy, sacred or blessed”
A male given name from the Slavic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Oleg a girl's or a boy's name?
Oleg is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oleg in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 boys.
Oleg in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Oleg in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Oleg, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Oleg in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oleg in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
Names like Oleg
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi Oluwatobiloba Oluwatobi Obaloluwa Oluwademilade Om Oluwadarasimi Tobechukwu Chidubem Oluwatamilore Kobe Kamsiyochukwu
More Slavic names
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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, “Oleg: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oleg, updated 20 October 2026.