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Girl name

Olene

100% girls · last recorded 1962

Olene has been given to about 1,347 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1922, which makes it a interwar name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 353
Median age today89 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Olene per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1922 · 66
  • Born in 20250
  • All time1,347

How popular is Olene?

Its best year was 1922, when 66 babies were given the name, ranking 904th. The typical living American called Olene is about 89 years old today.

Names that sound like Olene

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Jolene0.88
  2. Ilene0.80
  3. Alene0.80
  4. Allene0.77
  5. Lorene0.75
  6. Dorene0.75
  7. Norene0.75
  8. Arlene0.70

Middle names for Olene

Ranked by flow score
  1. Olene Rose0.83
  2. Olene Marie0.83
  3. Olene Grace0.83
  4. Olene Louise0.83
  5. Olene Claire0.82
  6. Olene Mae0.82

Sibling names for Olene

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Cleoeither · 0.78
  2. Luellasister · 0.78
  3. Ilasister · 0.77
  4. Winonasister · 0.77
  5. Juniorbrother · 0.70
  6. Archiebrother · 0.69

Where Olene is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Olene White0.78
    2. Olene Nguyen0.78
    3. Olene Moore0.78
    4. Olene Hill0.78
    5. Olene Hall0.78
    6. Olene Brown0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Olene

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.