Oleh
Oleh is a name with a single cultural origin: Ukrainian.
- Ukrainian
Meaning & Origin of Oleh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oleh is a name with a single cultural origin: Ukrainian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ukrainian
The Story of Oleh
Oleh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1950, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1958: 10 births, good for #2,642 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 91% of all recorded Olehs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1980 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 54 Olehs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Oleh
Oleh is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 54 births in the dataset. Oleh's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #2,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Oleh'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 .
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