Olene vs Olevia

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Olene Olevia

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 113 years in which either name was published, Olevia for 89 years and Olene for 24 years. The lead changed hands 16 times.

• 1882–1915 Olevia ahead
• 1916–1936 Olene ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1937–2022 Olevia ahead, apart from 3 short spells

9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Olenes alive today are over 82; half the Olevias are over 68. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Olene Alabama (20.5×), Tennessee (6.3×), Texas (3.0×)
• Olevia Louisiana (33.7×), Mississippi (14.7×), Arkansas (3.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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