Olson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OHL-sen
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Olson is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Ole”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Olson mean?
Scandinavian: spelling of Olsen; Danish and Norwegian surname
“son of Ole”
A Danish and Norwegian surname meaning son of Ole, a form of Olaf.
Meaning borrowed from Olsen.
Is Olson a girl's or a boy's name?
Olson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Olson, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the boys named Olson in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 boys in the US were given Olson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,518, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
- Olsen 66
- Olson 30
Olson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
Names like Olson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jettson, Hudson, Jaxton, Colson, Wesson, Easton, Stetson, Kashton, Kayson, Daxton, Stellan, Kyson
Other spellings of Olson
Names related to Olson
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa, Lilja
Sources
Figures from 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, “Olson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olson, updated 20 October 2026.