Oliver

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #3 for boys in 2025, 14,939 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#3
2024 · 15,396 births
Debut · boys
1880
234 births
In top 100 · boys
37 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
269,903
since 1880

Oliver over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201973boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,23824#314,939
2024#5,14825#315,396
2023#4,74628#314,792
2022#4,79328#315,176
2021#4,96426#314,713
2020#5,31423#314,277
2019#5,61222#313,967
2018#6,24819#513,500
2017#7,44215#1013,224
2016#6,66318#1213,066
2015#6,23620#1911,670
2014#8,48513#329,453
2013#9,03612#527,276
2012#11,2579#735,924
2011#11,1819#785,414
2010#13,4487#884,666
2009#13,7047#984,287
2008#10,08411#1183,604
2007#13,9247#1402,910
2006—#1732,352
2005—#2091,794
2004#14,1796#2281,491
2003#15,7845#2451,375
2002#15,4325#2681,166
2001—#299978
2000—#305978
1999—#340782
1998#14,1225#356735
1997—#367669
1996—#384607
1995—#393597
1994—#369644
1993#13,4425#355665
1992—#355664
1991—#389582
1990—#373625
1989—#439460
1988—#428441
1987#9,8256#405460
1986#9,5456#471338
1985—#442371
1984#8,1537#416397
1983—#384435
1982—#380455
1981#9,1106#409403
1980#8,1787#414393
1979—#396408
1978#6,9488#375422
1977#7,5677#431338
1976#9,2845#424337
1975—#406355
1974—#420347
1973#6,6667#403374
1972#8,2925#411368
1971#7,3886#395416
1970—#427367
1969#5,9747#437328
1968#5,6427#428325
1967—#444291
1966#6,5645#411337
1965—#445303
1964—#421368
1963—#427357
1962—#450312
1961—#425349
1960—#410370
1959#4,6258#413370
1958—#363453
1957—#358452
1956#5,9525#341483
1955—#327508
1954—#310537
1953#4,2268#314521
1952#3,37211#300555
1951—#293552
1950—#283556
1949#4,6736#271597
1948#3,13711#258631
1947#5,2955#271624
1946#4,4176#251619
1945#4,5565#239558
1944#3,6877#239565
1943#2,35215#217668
1942#4,6225#228612
1941—#219601
1940#3,5037#215582
1939#3,7826#203598
1938—#216568
1937#3,8006#200609
1936—#205591
1935#2,9269#197647
1934#2,9239#181732
1933—#198595
1932#3,9016#182741
1931#3,8486#175778
1930#3,0559#170850
1929#2,73711#163886
1928#3,4368#161933
1927#2,69912#1571,002
1926#4,8515#1501,065
1925#2,61713#1511,049
1924#2,97311#1401,172
1923#3,12510#1361,221
1922#3,15210#1341,214
1921#3,16410#1351,194
1920#2,89911#1351,164
1919#2,81311#1281,209
1918#3,02410#1301,248
1917#2,87910#1271,175
1916#2,13315#1271,103
1915#2,9009#1191,131
1914#2,00912#122861
1913—#124644
1912#2,3607#117646
1911#2,4635#115333
1910—#103307
1909—#112246
1908—#122207
1907—#117207
1906—#117183
1905#1,2989#102211
1904—#108200
1903—#92210
1902—#107181
1901—#92187
1900—#95256
1899—#107161
1898—#102186
1897—#102174
1896—#98194
1895—#88216
1894—#88222
1893—#85214
1892—#84238
1891—#77212
1890—#81218
1889—#83210
1888—#88206
1887—#80203
1886—#75230
1885—#72258
1884—#74245
1883—#72219
1882—#71244
1881—#67238
1880—#69234
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Oliver was already there! It came in at #69, and was given to 234 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1886–1899, when fewer than 240 boys a year got the name.

See more about Oliver
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • Held #3 since 2020
  • 16 spots since 2015 (#19 → #3)
  • Biggest jump: 66 spots in 1987 (#471 → #405)
  • Biggest drop: 50 spots in 1959 (#363 → #413)
Rise & fade · boys
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #3 (15,396 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
  • Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1880–1896
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 112
  • Highest: 1 in 112 boys born in 2024 were named Oliver (0.89%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114 boys born in 2025 (0.87%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.4% of all boys named Oliver (98,160) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #67 (1881) → #471 (1986) → #3 (2024)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,287#67 (1881)#75
1890s2,035#77 (1891)#91
1900s2,088#92 (1903)#106
1910s8,657#103 (1910)#121
1920s10,900#134 (1922)#146
1930s6,709#170 (1930)#193
1940s6,057#215 (1940)#241
1950s4,987#283 (1950)#330
1960s3,340#410 (1960)#430
1970s3,732#375 (1978)#409
1980s4,153#380 (1982)#419
1990s6,570#340 (1999)#368
2000s20,935#98 (2009)#208
2010s98,160#3 (2019)#37
2020s89,293#3 (2024)#3

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Oliver in 1973

girls
#6,666
7 births · 1 in 208,316 girls
boys
#403
374 births · 1 in 4,167 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #6,666Oliver7

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #403Oliver374
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 208,316 of them was named Oliver, which outranked 32.0% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oliver
  1. #6,080Zanita8
  2. #6,080Zoey8
  3. #6,080Zsazsa8
  4. #6,666Oliver7
  5. #6,666Aaryn7
  6. #6,666Adonna7
  7. #6,666Afiya7
  8. #7,435Abagail6
  9. #7,435Adabel6
  10. #7,435Adalia6

Tied with 768 names at #6,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 4,167 of them was named Oliver, which outranked 93.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oliver
  1. #400Donovan378
  2. #401Gerard377
  3. #402Gilberto375
  4. #403Oliver374
  5. #403Rodolfo374
  6. #405Otis371
  7. #406Ty367
  8. #407Pablo365

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →