# Olof (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/olof/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 107 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 107 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 5 | 1,184 |
| 1913 | 5 | 3,137 |
| 1914 | 9 | 2,401 |
| 1915 | 6 | 3,714 |
| 1916 | 6 | 3,777 |
| 1917 | 6 | 3,860 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,625 |
| 1920 | 7 | 3,728 |
| 1921 | 5 | 4,802 |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,177 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,719 |
| 1924 | 9 | 3,189 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,645 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,656 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,570 |

## People named Olof

- Olof Stahre, equestrian (1909–1988)
- Olof Svebilius, Archbishop of Uppsala
- Olof the Brash, Danish king originating or coming from Sweden
- Olof Bergström, actor (1919–1984)
- Olof Eriksson, Finnish painter and Heraldic artist (1911–1987)
- Carl Olof Tallgren, Finnish politician
- Arvid Lindblad, British racing driver
- Olaus Petri, clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden
- Frank Odberg, Belgian rower (1879–1917)
- John Mellberg, English-born Swedish association football player
- Olaf (II) Haraldsen, Anti-king who ruled Scania
- Kristian Gestrin, Finnish politician (1929–1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.