Oleg
Oleg is a name with multiple cultural origins: Russian, Georgian.
- Russian
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Oleg
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oleg is a name with multiple cultural origins: Russian, Georgian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Georgian
The Story of Oleg
American parents first put Oleg on the record books as a baby boy name in 1959, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 26 Olegs were born — ranking #4,002 that year. About 36% of every Oleg on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Oleg last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 457 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Oleg
Oleg is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 457 births in the dataset. Oleg's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #4,002. Use the chart and map above to compare Oleg's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.