Olsen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OHL-sen
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,167 for boys
Olsen is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Ole”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Olsen mean?
Scandinavian: Danish and Norwegian surname
“son of Ole”
A Danish and Norwegian surname meaning son of Ole, a form of Olaf.
Is Olsen a girl's or a boy's name?
Olsen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olsen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Olsen, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Olsen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Olsen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,167th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 132% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Olsen, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Olsen of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Olsen in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 boys in the US were given Olsen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,518, up from #2,167 for this spelling alone.
- Olsen 66
- Olson 30
Olsen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Olsen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jenson, Oakley, Albie, Hudson, Rowan, Jaxon, Theo, Atlas, Enzo, Beauden, Luca, Archer
Other spellings of Olsen
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa, Lilja
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, “Olsen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olsen, updated 20 October 2026.