How Many People Are Named Oliver?
people named Oliver are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,481 people in the US has this name
Based on 270,680 babies named Oliver in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
15,421 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Olivier, a Norman French form of a Germanic name such as ALFHER or an Old Norse name such as Áleifr (see OLAF). The spelling was altered by association with Latin oliva "olive tree". In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic 'La Chanson de Roland', in which Olivier was a friend and advisor of the hero Roland.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Oliver (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Oliver alive today is about 12 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Oliver first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 15,421 babies. In 2025, 14,963 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Oliver reached #3 among boys' names in 2019 to 2025, and was in the top 10 for 9 years, 2017 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #3.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3 |
| Best rank | #3 (2019 to 2025) |
| Years in the top 10 | 9 |
| Years in the top 100 | 37 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #28 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Oliver alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Oliver were born in California than in any other state: about 26,968 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Oliver was given 2.2 times as often in Vermont, 1.6 times in Alaska and 1.6 times in New Hampshire.
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