Olaf

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Olaf or Olav is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested as วขlฤf, Anlฤf.

From Wikipedia

Olaf first appears in the data in 1942 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 241 babies (rank #98 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Olaf

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Olaf yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,809
Total babies (all years)
61
Years in the data
241
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19422#37
195521#346
195614#416
195724#336
195833#287
195954#230
196049#247
196144#270
196262#232
196377#203
196486#201
196580#208
196685#199
1967123#159
1968157#134
1969167#131
1970216#110
1971241#98
1972200#107
1973165#115
1974140#122
1975138#129
1976147#126
197793#173
1978114#150
1979116#148
198065#236
198160#245
198251#268
198364#230
198438#328
198545#308
198651#278
198742#339
198833#398
198951#305
199053#301
199160#285
199252#312
199350#315
199459#283
199566#256
199671#256
199774#240
199869#261
199983#232
200078#240
200175#249
200285#228
200389#214
200490#207
200586#203
200683#202
200758#260
200867#238
200957#257
201053#262
201147#288
201262#220
201345#281
201449#268