Olene
Olene is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Meaning & Origin of Olene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Olene is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
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The Story of Olene
Olene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1898, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 66 births, good for #897 nationwide. About 36% of every Olene on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Olene last appeared in the published SSA data in 1962, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Olene
Olene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Olene's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #897. Use the chart and map above to compare Olene'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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