Oliver

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Oliver is ranked 3rd among boys in 2024 (15,343 births). Its best rank was 3rd, in 2019–2024.

Rank in 2024: #3same as 2023
Births in 2024: 15,3430.89% of boys
Peak year: 202415,343 births
Best rank: #3first in 2019
Since 1880: 254,854people given the name

Babies named Oliver, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

254,854 boys have been named Oliver in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 15,343 births — 0.89% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 39%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 36 of them in the top 100 and 8 in the top 10.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Oliver
1880s	2,287
1890s	2,035
1900s	2,088
1910s	8,657
1920s	10,900
1930s	6,709
1940s	6,057
1950s	4,987
1960s	3,339
1970s	3,730
1980s	4,152
1990s	6,569
2000s	20,933
2010s	98,143
2020s	74,268

In 2024, its biggest year

Oliver was the 3rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Oliver

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.