Oliver Boy
How popular is Oliver?
#3 boy name in 2025
14,939 baby boys were named Oliver in the US in 2025, making it the 3rd most popular boy name. Another 24 girls got the name (#5,237 for girls).
Oliver popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14,939 boys, 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #19 in 2015, #3 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (15,396 boys) |
| Highest rank | #3 in 2019 (7 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 10% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Oliver counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Oliver family of names ranked #3 for boys in 2025, with 14,977 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver | 14,939 | 100% |
| Olliver | 24 | 0% |
| Olyver | 14 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Oliver is most popular
Babies named Oliver per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 27.9 per 1,000 (175 boys)
- Wyoming: 20.1 per 1,000 (116 boys)
- Maine: 20.0 per 1,000 (388 boys)
- Alaska: 19.6 per 1,000 (233 boys)
- New Hampshire: 18.2 per 1,000 (405 boys)
Oliver by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,287 | #67 |
| 1890s | 2,035 | #77 |
| 1900s | 2,088 | #92 |
| 1910s | 8,657 | #103 |
| 1920s | 10,900 | #134 |
| 1930s | 6,709 | #170 |
| 1940s | 6,057 | #215 |
| 1950s | 4,987 | #283 |
| 1960s | 3,340 | #410 |
| 1970s | 3,732 | #375 |
| 1980s | 4,153 | #380 |
| 1990s | 6,570 | #340 |
| 2000s | 20,935 | #98 |
| 2010s | 98,160 | #3 |
| 2020s | 89,293 | #3 |
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Questions
- Is Oliver a boy or girl name?
- Oliver is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Oliver were boys.
- How popular is the name Oliver?
- 14,939 baby boys were named Oliver in the US in 2025, making it the 3rd most popular boy name. Another 24 girls got the name (#5,237 for girls).
- When was Oliver most popular?
- Oliver peaked in 2024, when 15,396 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #3, held for 7 years starting in 2019.
- How many people are named Oliver?
- 270,680 babies have been named Oliver in the US since 1880. We estimate about 231,714 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Oliver most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Oliver was most common in Vermont, at 27.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.