Meaning not yet researched.
Oliver: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 14,939 in 2025. Its best rank was #3 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.8% of babies named Oliver in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Oliver: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 14,939 boys in 2025. Peak: #3 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 15,396 (2024).
In 2025, 14,939 US boys were named Oliver, making it the 3rd most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 457 fewer than the 15,396 boys named Oliver in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #3, reached in this year, 2025. The most boys given the name in a single year was 15,396, in 2024. For comparison, it was #19 in 2015 and #284 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Oliver in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 234 babies with the name. In all, 270,680 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 98,304 babies named Oliver.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 143,050 US boys were named Oliver; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 15,396. In 2025 that was about 1 in 114 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Oliver ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #1 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Olivier (2,010 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Oliva, Olliver and Olyver are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ollie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Oliva (2,008), Olliver (479), Olyver (306), Oliverio (221), Oli (157), Ollyver (35), Olivar (18), Oliwier (6), Oliwer (6), Oliber (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 128 | #1 | #3 |
| Iowa | 198 | #1 | #3 |
| Missouri | 405 | #1 | #7 |
| Ohio | 653 | #1 | #14 |
| Utah | 274 | #1 | #2 |
| South Dakota | 66 | #1 | #1 |
| Oregon | 199 | #1 | #3 |
| Wisconsin | 336 | #1 | #1 |
| Kentucky | 278 | #1 | #31 |
| Montana | 62 | #1 | #4 |
| Vermont | 35 | #1 | #2 |
| Indiana | 428 | #1 | #3 |
| Maine | 77 | #2 | #4 |
| Kansas | 179 | #2 | #4 |
| Michigan | 469 | #3 | #13 |
| West Virginia | 96 | #3 | #54 |
| Arkansas | 143 | #3 | #15 |
| Washington | 383 | #3 | #1 |
| Tennessee | 411 | #3 | #26 |
| Delaware | 39 | #3 | #37 |
| Rhode Island | 56 | #3 | #23 |
| Oklahoma | 188 | #3 | #13 |
| Illinois | 541 | #3 | #16 |
| New Hampshire | 66 | #3 | #10 |
| North Carolina | 507 | #3 | #36 |
| Minnesota | 298 | #3 | #2 |
| Colorado | 310 | #4 | #5 |
| Virginia | 390 | #4 | #33 |
| Wyoming | 23 | #4 | #14 |
| Alaska | 41 | #4 | #6 |
| Pennsylvania | 545 | #4 | #38 |
| Maryland | 210 | #5 | #33 |
| New York | 703 | #5 | #32 |
| Nevada | 114 | #5 | #20 |
| Arizona | 295 | #5 | #30 |
| Nebraska | 101 | #5 | #5 |
| North Dakota | 47 | #5 | #2 |
| Florida | 831 | #5 | #39 |
| Louisiana | 172 | #6 | #50 |
| Alabama | 217 | #6 | #46 |
| Connecticut | 144 | #6 | #34 |
| Georgia | 432 | #6 | #42 |
| California | 1,456 | #7 | #31 |
| South Carolina | 201 | #7 | #38 |
| Texas | 1,361 | #7 | #40 |
| Massachusetts | 310 | #8 | #27 |
| New Jersey | 335 | #9 | #36 |
| District of Columbia | 33 | #11 | #22 |
| New Mexico | 59 | #12 | #40 |
| Hawaii | 28 | #16 | #32 |
| Mississippi | 66 | #18 | #80 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,359 | 14,939 | #3 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,259 | 15,396 | #3 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,840 | 14,792 | #3 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,875 | 15,176 | #3 |
| 2021 | 26 | #5,060 | 14,713 | #3 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,449 | 14,277 | #3 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,749 | 13,967 | #3 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,454 | 13,500 | #5 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,748 | 13,224 | #10 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,846 | 13,066 | #12 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,406 | 11,670 | #19 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,842 | 9,453 | #32 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,472 | 7,276 | #52 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,997 | 5,924 | #73 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,923 | 5,414 | #78 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,589 | 4,666 | #88 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,828 | 4,287 | #98 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,618 | 3,604 | #118 |
| 2007 | 7 | #15,070 | 2,910 | #140 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,352 | #173 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,794 | #209 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,577 | 1,491 | #228 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,690 | 1,375 | #245 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,418 | 1,166 | #268 |
| 2001 | — | — | 978 | #299 |
| 2000 | — | — | 978 | #305 |
| 1999 | — | — | 782 | #340 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,917 | 735 | #356 |
| 1997 | — | — | 669 | #367 |
| 1996 | — | — | 607 | #386 |
| 1995 | — | — | 597 | #393 |
| 1994 | — | — | 644 | #370 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,099 | 665 | #355 |
| 1992 | — | — | 664 | #356 |
| 1991 | — | — | 582 | #390 |
| 1990 | — | — | 625 | #373 |
| 1989 | — | — | 460 | #439 |
| 1988 | — | — | 441 | #428 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,844 | 460 | #405 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,483 | 338 | #472 |
| 1985 | — | — | 371 | #442 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,852 | 397 | #416 |
| 1983 | — | — | 435 | #384 |
| 1982 | — | — | 455 | #380 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,998 | 403 | #410 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,789 | 393 | #414 |
| 1979 | — | — | 408 | #396 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,433 | 422 | #375 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,158 | 338 | #432 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,399 | 337 | #424 |
| 1975 | — | — | 355 | #408 |
| 1974 | — | — | 347 | #421 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,201 | 374 | #403 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,194 | 368 | #412 |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,039 | 416 | #396 |
| 1970 | — | — | 367 | #428 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,413 | 328 | #437 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,067 | 325 | #428 |
| 1967 | — | — | 291 | #444 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,310 | 337 | #412 |
| 1965 | — | — | 303 | #445 |
| 1964 | — | — | 368 | #422 |
| 1963 | — | — | 357 | #427 |
| 1962 | — | — | 312 | #450 |
| 1961 | — | — | 349 | #425 |
| 1960 | — | — | 370 | #413 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,919 | 370 | #414 |
| 1958 | — | — | 453 | #363 |
| 1957 | — | — | 452 | #358 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,637 | 483 | #341 |
| 1955 | — | — | 508 | #327 |
| 1954 | — | — | 537 | #310 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,488 | 521 | #314 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,501 | 555 | #302 |
| 1951 | — | — | 552 | #293 |
| 1950 | — | — | 556 | #284 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,097 | 597 | #272 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,297 | 631 | #258 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,899 | 624 | #271 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,826 | 619 | #251 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,069 | 558 | #239 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,975 | 565 | #239 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,419 | 668 | #217 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,181 | 612 | #228 |
| 1941 | — | — | 601 | #219 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,759 | 582 | #215 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,134 | 598 | #203 |
| 1938 | — | — | 568 | #216 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,149 | 609 | #200 |
| 1936 | — | — | 591 | #205 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,102 | 647 | #197 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,094 | 732 | #181 |
| 1933 | — | — | 595 | #199 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,292 | 741 | #182 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,223 | 778 | #175 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,264 | 850 | #170 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,875 | 886 | #163 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,673 | 933 | #161 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,818 | 1,002 | #157 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,432 | 1,065 | #150 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,737 | 1,049 | #151 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,108 | 1,172 | #140 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,301 | 1,221 | #136 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,316 | 1,214 | #134 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,343 | 1,194 | #135 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,049 | 1,164 | #135 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,956 | 1,209 | #128 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,182 | 1,248 | #130 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,027 | 1,175 | #127 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,215 | 1,103 | #127 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,070 | 1,131 | #119 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,095 | 861 | #122 |
| 1913 | — | — | 644 | #124 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,567 | 646 | #117 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,767 | 333 | #115 |
| 1910 | — | — | 307 | #103 |
| 1909 | — | — | 246 | #112 |
| 1908 | — | — | 207 | #122 |
| 1907 | — | — | 207 | #117 |
| 1906 | — | — | 183 | #118 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,392 | 211 | #102 |
| 1904 | — | — | 200 | #108 |
| 1903 | — | — | 210 | #93 |
| 1902 | — | — | 181 | #107 |
| 1901 | — | — | 187 | #92 |
| 1900 | — | — | 256 | #95 |
| 1899 | — | — | 161 | #109 |
| 1898 | — | — | 186 | #102 |
| 1897 | — | — | 174 | #102 |
| 1896 | — | — | 194 | #99 |
| 1895 | — | — | 216 | #88 |
| 1894 | — | — | 222 | #88 |
| 1893 | — | — | 214 | #86 |
| 1892 | — | — | 238 | #84 |
| 1891 | — | — | 212 | #77 |
| 1890 | — | — | 218 | #81 |
| 1889 | — | — | 210 | #84 |
| 1888 | — | — | 206 | #88 |
| 1887 | — | — | 203 | #80 |
| 1886 | — | — | 230 | #75 |
| 1885 | — | — | 258 | #72 |
| 1884 | — | — | 245 | #74 |
| 1883 | — | — | 219 | #72 |
| 1882 | — | — | 244 | #72 |
| 1881 | — | — | 238 | #67 |
| 1880 | — | — | 234 | #69 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).