Ollie

#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births · #1,056 for boys in 2025, 207 births
Given to girls 70.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1888 · 411 births
Debut · girls
183 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
41,641
since 1880

Ollie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #96, 1888peak #141, 1891girlsboys
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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#2,27680#1,056207
2024#2,23184#1,047211
2023#1,878106#1,080199
2022#1,99298#1,022217
2021#2,18685#1,085195
2020#1,96596#1,153168
2019#2,09090#1,265148
2018#2,36177#1,228151
2017#2,16088#1,429121
2016#2,64366#1,585103
2015#3,00157#1,406122
2014#2,80961#1,94574
2013#3,36747#2,09064
2012#4,60131#2,18560
2011#4,35333#2,69944
2010#5,60224#2,37553
2009#5,37826#2,89441
2008#5,27927#2,54249
2007#6,32321#4,01125
2006#6,84018#4,86518
2005#11,8348#3,52827
2004#9,89210#4,79317
2003#9,67110#3,83822
2002#8,28012#3,79422
2001#9,35110#3,97420
2000#8,02712#3,76421
1999#11,3857#4,76214
1998#6,36015#3,59720
1997#9,8028#5,64210
1996#7,57411#3,54919
1995#6,64113#2,84725
1994#8,12210#2,55629
1993#6,26414#2,25734
1992#7,51211#2,90923
1991#11,5096#3,46217
1990#8,5019#1,84042
1989#9,6817#2,02735
1988#5,59814#2,43724
1987#4,66017#1,82935
1986#4,34718#2,22625
1985#5,07714#1,72435
1984#4,47816#2,09825
1983#4,28617#1,53439
1982#5,20913#1,62237
1981#4,16218#1,50041
1980#4,14818#1,43244
1979#3,07827#1,57037
1978#2,94227#1,41043
1977#4,23516#1,45040
1976#2,43933#1,33344
1975#2,81126#1,12756
1974#2,92224#1,17150
1973#2,26734#1,09355
1972#1,98940#92974
1971#2,24735#96571
1970#2,12038#96869
1969#2,17134#1,02756
1968#1,81243#84474
1967#1,42860#78287
1966#1,60049#81280
1965#1,40761#89767
1964#1,33471#77994
1963#1,18086#82983
1962#1,09099#744106
1961#1,023113#744107
1960#862144#720117
1959#854143#730110
1958#850144#678126
1957#777167#722107
1956#711182#665131
1955#646207#620144
1954#644204#630137
1953#608213#611141
1952#559240#569150
1951#485289#566146
1950#467304#528163
1949#450314#477193
1948#422352#497175
1947#445341#520170
1946#428326#455195
1945#374355#450174
1944#340406#436196
1943#351416#443201
1942#347408#393236
1941#316433#464163
1940#307423#409198
1939#303415#435170
1938#294451#405196
1937#290456#374217
1936#275483#386201
1935#266529#382202
1934#256590#413184
1933#253574#366218
1932#253606#366229
1931#261553#355245
1930#241662#352260
1929#230681#358249
1928#228754#347268
1927#229779#340285
1926#229778#319315
1925#226824#322313
1924#225850#341292
1923#224830#343292
1922#214915#370263
1921#209912#346291
1920#205950#341292
1919#195976#274369
1918#201956#300336
1917#202911#311295
1916#193925#302295
1915#194855#298288
1914#177765#293232
1913#172669#251225
1912#163644#275167
1911#157521#245109
1910#150538#217114
1909#147481#21599
1908#152447#22784
1907#142462#20196
1906#134458#19095
1905#130486#18499
1904#130456#182100
1903#123460#19879
1902#130428#160110
1901#113462#17881
1900#113585#188109
1899#127383#18078
1898#115459#17888
1897#113455#16792
1896#117409#17393
1895#110446#17590
1894#107452#18480
1893#103459#15099
1892#103441#142115
1891#103376#14196
1890#104392#16387
1889#104366#17676
1888#96411#19776
1887#96338#18368
1886#103318#17181
1885#98305#17277
1884#103275#17481
1883#101249#19361
1882#105218#17378
1881#109169#22445
1880#107183#19563
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ollie was already there! It came in at #107, and was given to 183 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1989–1991, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ollie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#2,231#2,276)
  • 311 spots since 2020 (#1,965#2,276)
  • 725 spots since 2015 (#3,001#2,276)
  • Biggest jump: 23 spots in 1948 (#445#422)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1961 (#862#1,023)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #96 (411 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1887–1888
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 432
  • Highest: 1 in 432 girls born in 1887 were named Ollie (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #96 in 1888, was only 1 in 435 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.9% of all girls named Ollie (8,273) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
  • Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,832#96 (1888)#102
1890s4,272#103 (1893)#110
1900s4,725#113 (1900)#131
1910s7,760#150 (1910)#180
1920s8,273#205 (1920)#222
1930s5,319#241 (1930)#269
1940s3,774#307 (1940)#378
1950s2,093#467 (1950)#660
1960s760#862 (1960)#1,391
1970s300#1,989 (1972)#2,705
1980s152#4,148 (1980)#5,165
1990s104#6,264 (1993)#8,367
2000s154#5,279 (2008)#8,088
2010s574#2,090 (2019)#3,299
2020s549#1,878 (2023)#2,088

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

Ollie in 1956

girls
#711
182 births · 1 in 11,031 girls
boys
#665
131 births · 1 in 16,147 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #711Ollie182

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #665Ollie131
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 11,031 of them was named Ollie, which outranked 89.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ollie
  1. #707Joanie183
  2. #707Katheryn183
  3. #707Marylou183
  4. #711Ollie182
  5. #711Erica182
  6. #711Leila182
  7. #711Teressa182
  8. #715Alexis181
  9. #715Mabel181
  10. #715Nannette181

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 16,147 of them was named Ollie, which outranked 85.1% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ollie
  1. #659Harris132
  2. #659Lindsey132
  3. #659Shelby132
  4. #665Ollie131
  5. #665Benito131
  6. #665Ignacio131
  7. #665Millard131
  8. #669Freeman130
  9. #669Royal130
  10. #669Trent130

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956