girls:
37 births since 1917
#5679 (1st percentile)
boys:
28 births since 1921
#4558 (1st percentile)
overall:
65 births since 1917
#7674 (1st percentile)
The name Olee is the #7,674 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 65 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 0.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,679 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #4,558 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 28 births since 1921.
Olee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for girls and 1921 for boys). Birth data for Olee is available in 11 out of the 105 years between 1917 and 2021 (6 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Olee has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.9% of all recorded births). In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Olee were girls. Interestingly, until around 1930, the name was more popular for girls (62.8% girls from 1917 to 1929), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (54.5% boys from 1930 to 2021).
For girls, Olee reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #604) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1935.
For boys, Olee reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #523) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Olee".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Olee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.1% confident that Olee is pronounced as OH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-LEE, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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