boys:
451 births since 1959
#4135 (10th percentile)
overall:
451 births since 1959
#7288 (6th percentile)
The name Oleg is the #7,288 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 451 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 5.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,135 (9.8% percentile) for all time with 451 births since 1959.
Oleg first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for boys in 1959). Birth data for Oleg is available in 35 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Oleg reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #896) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Oleg ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 56.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oleg".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Oleg. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.0% confident that Oleg is pronounced as OH-lehg, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OH-luhg, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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