Oliver
#143 most common boys' name of all time · #296 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#143
Rank overall
#296 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
270,680
Since 2016
143,278
Peak year
2024 #3
Best rank
#3 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 15,421/yr
Oliver is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 14,939 | 14,963 | #3 |
| 2024 | 25 | 15,396 | 15,421 | #3 |
| 2023 | 28 | 14,792 | 14,820 | #3 |
| 2022 | 28 | 15,176 | 15,204 | #3 |
| 2021 | 26 | 14,713 | 14,739 | #3 |
| 2020 | 23 | 14,277 | 14,300 | #3 |
| 2019 | 22 | 13,967 | 13,989 | #3 |
| 2018 | 19 | 13,500 | 13,519 | #5 |
| 2017 | 15 | 13,224 | 13,239 | #10 |
| 2016 | 18 | 13,066 | 13,084 | #12 |
| 2015 | 20 | 11,670 | 11,690 | #19 |
| 2014 | 13 | 9,453 | 9,466 | #32 |
| 2013 | 12 | 7,276 | 7,288 | #52 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5,924 | 5,933 | #73 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5,414 | 5,423 | #78 |
| 2010 | 7 | 4,666 | 4,673 | #88 |
| 2009 | 7 | 4,287 | 4,294 | #98 |
| 2008 | 11 | 3,604 | 3,615 | #118 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,910 | 2,917 | #140 |
| 2006 | — | 2,352 | 2,352 | #173 |
| 2005 | — | 1,794 | 1,794 | #209 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1,491 | 1,497 | #228 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1,375 | 1,380 | #245 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1,166 | 1,171 | #268 |
| 2001 | — | 978 | 978 | #299 |
| 2000 | — | 978 | 978 | #305 |
| 1999 | — | 782 | 782 | #340 |
| 1998 | 5 | 735 | 740 | #356 |
| 1997 | — | 669 | 669 | #367 |
| 1996 | — | 607 | 607 | #385 |
| 1995 | — | 597 | 597 | #393 |
| 1994 | — | 644 | 644 | #369 |
| 1993 | 5 | 665 | 670 | #355 |
| 1992 | — | 664 | 664 | #355 |
| 1991 | — | 582 | 582 | #389 |
| 1990 | — | 625 | 625 | #373 |
| 1989 | — | 460 | 460 | #439 |
| 1988 | — | 441 | 441 | #428 |
| 1987 | 6 | 460 | 466 | #405 |
| 1986 | 6 | 338 | 344 | #471 |
| 1985 | — | 371 | 371 | #442 |
| 1984 | 7 | 397 | 404 | #416 |
| 1983 | — | 435 | 435 | #384 |
| 1982 | — | 455 | 455 | #380 |
| 1981 | 6 | 403 | 409 | #409 |
| 1980 | 7 | 393 | 400 | #414 |
| 1979 | — | 408 | 408 | #396 |
| 1978 | 8 | 422 | 430 | #375 |
| 1977 | 7 | 338 | 345 | #431 |
| 1976 | 5 | 337 | 342 | #424 |
| 1975 | — | 355 | 355 | #406 |
| 1974 | — | 347 | 347 | #420 |
| 1973 | 7 | 374 | 381 | #403 |
| 1972 | 5 | 368 | 373 | #411 |
| 1971 | 6 | 416 | 422 | #395 |
| 1970 | — | 367 | 367 | #427 |
| 1969 | 7 | 328 | 335 | #437 |
| 1968 | 7 | 325 | 332 | #428 |
| 1967 | — | 291 | 291 | #444 |
| 1966 | 5 | 337 | 342 | #411 |
| 1965 | — | 303 | 303 | #445 |
| 1964 | — | 368 | 368 | #421 |
| 1963 | — | 357 | 357 | #427 |
| 1962 | — | 312 | 312 | #450 |
| 1961 | — | 349 | 349 | #425 |
| 1960 | — | 370 | 370 | #411 |
| 1959 | 8 | 370 | 378 | #413 |
| 1958 | — | 453 | 453 | #363 |
| 1957 | — | 452 | 452 | #358 |
| 1956 | 5 | 483 | 488 | #341 |
| 1955 | — | 508 | 508 | #327 |
| 1954 | — | 537 | 537 | #310 |
| 1953 | 8 | 521 | 529 | #314 |
| 1952 | 11 | 555 | 566 | #300 |
| 1951 | — | 552 | 552 | #293 |
| 1950 | — | 556 | 556 | #283 |
| 1949 | 6 | 597 | 603 | #271 |
| 1948 | 11 | 631 | 642 | #258 |
| 1947 | 5 | 624 | 629 | #271 |
| 1946 | 6 | 619 | 625 | #251 |
| 1945 | 5 | 558 | 563 | #239 |
| 1944 | 7 | 565 | 572 | #239 |
| 1943 | 15 | 668 | 683 | #217 |
| 1942 | 5 | 612 | 617 | #228 |
| 1941 | — | 601 | 601 | #219 |
| 1940 | 7 | 582 | 589 | #215 |
| 1939 | 6 | 598 | 604 | #203 |
| 1938 | — | 568 | 568 | #216 |
| 1937 | 6 | 609 | 615 | #200 |
| 1936 | — | 591 | 591 | #205 |
| 1935 | 9 | 647 | 656 | #197 |
| 1934 | 9 | 732 | 741 | #181 |
| 1933 | — | 595 | 595 | #198 |
| 1932 | 6 | 741 | 747 | #182 |
| 1931 | 6 | 778 | 784 | #175 |
| 1930 | 9 | 850 | 859 | #170 |
| 1929 | 11 | 886 | 897 | #163 |
| 1928 | 8 | 933 | 941 | #161 |
| 1927 | 12 | 1,002 | 1,014 | #157 |
| 1926 | 5 | 1,065 | 1,070 | #150 |
| 1925 | 13 | 1,049 | 1,062 | #151 |
| 1924 | 11 | 1,172 | 1,183 | #140 |
| 1923 | 10 | 1,221 | 1,231 | #136 |
| 1922 | 10 | 1,214 | 1,224 | #134 |
| 1921 | 10 | 1,194 | 1,204 | #135 |
| 1920 | 11 | 1,164 | 1,175 | #135 |
| 1919 | 11 | 1,209 | 1,220 | #128 |
| 1918 | 10 | 1,248 | 1,258 | #130 |
| 1917 | 10 | 1,175 | 1,185 | #127 |
| 1916 | 15 | 1,103 | 1,118 | #127 |
| 1915 | 9 | 1,131 | 1,140 | #119 |
| 1914 | 12 | 861 | 873 | #122 |
| 1913 | — | 644 | 644 | #124 |
| 1912 | 7 | 646 | 653 | #117 |
| 1911 | 5 | 333 | 338 | #115 |
| 1910 | — | 307 | 307 | #103 |
| 1909 | — | 246 | 246 | #112 |
| 1908 | — | 207 | 207 | #122 |
| 1907 | — | 207 | 207 | #117 |
| 1906 | — | 183 | 183 | #117 |
| 1905 | 9 | 211 | 220 | #102 |
| 1904 | — | 200 | 200 | #108 |
| 1903 | — | 210 | 210 | #93 |
| 1902 | — | 181 | 181 | #107 |
| 1901 | — | 187 | 187 | #92 |
| 1900 | — | 256 | 256 | #95 |
| 1899 | — | 161 | 161 | #108 |
| 1898 | — | 186 | 186 | #102 |
| 1897 | — | 174 | 174 | #102 |
| 1896 | — | 194 | 194 | #98 |
| 1895 | — | 216 | 216 | #88 |
| 1894 | — | 222 | 222 | #88 |
| 1893 | — | 214 | 214 | #86 |
| 1892 | — | 238 | 238 | #84 |
| 1891 | — | 212 | 212 | #78 |
| 1890 | — | 218 | 218 | #81 |
| 1889 | — | 210 | 210 | #83 |
| 1888 | — | 206 | 206 | #88 |
| 1887 | — | 203 | 203 | #80 |
| 1886 | — | 230 | 230 | #75 |
| 1885 | — | 258 | 258 | #72 |
| 1884 | — | 245 | 245 | #74 |
| 1883 | — | 219 | 219 | #72 |
| 1882 | — | 244 | 244 | #72 |
| 1881 | — | 238 | 238 | #67 |
| 1880 | — | 234 | 234 | #69 |