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Oliver Hard Working • Original • Exciting
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Fun Facts
Appearing On Famous Cahrles Dicken's Olvier Twist.
Its popularity decrease in England in the 17th century after Oliver Cromwell.
Oliver Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.67%
Male
0.33%
Female
Oliver is predominantly a boys name, with 0.33% of Olivers being girls, and 99.67% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 191592 males named Oliver, and 636 females given the name
Popularity of Oliver by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Oliver in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Oliver: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Oliver' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Oliver in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Oliver's average ranking is 894.16, with it's highest ever rank being #. Oliver has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 21 times.
Oliver has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 192228 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Oliver gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2015, when it's usage went up by 123.77%. During this year, 11635 babies were named Oliver, which was 0.3176% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.359%, in this year alone more than 13000 boys were named Oliver.
Popular 'O' Names for Boys
| Name | 'O-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver | 1. | 18. | 12975 | 0.359% |
| Owen | 2. | 33. | 10249 | 0.283% |
| Oscar | 3. | 311. | 2251 | 0.062% |
| Omar | 4. | 408. | 1730 | 0.048% |
| Orion | 5. | 628. | 1059 | 0.029% |
| Odin | 6. | 777. | 831 | 0.023% |
| Otto | 7. | 1082. | 556 | 0.015% |
| Omari | 8. | 1089. | 550 | 0.015% |
| Oakley | 9. | 1195. | 478 | 0.013% |
| Orlando | 10. | 1294. | 430 | 0.012% |
| Otis | 11. | 1615. | 321 | 0.009% |
| Osvaldo | 12. | 2324. | 187 | 0.005% |
| Onyx | 13. | 2479. | 172 | 0.005% |
| Oskar | 14. | 2616. | 159 | 0.004% |
| Octavio | 15. | 2758. | 148 | 0.004% |
| Osiris | 16. | 2986. | 131 | 0.004% |
| Oren | 17. | 3172. | 119 | 0.003% |
| Obadiah | 18. | 3432. | 106 | 0.003% |
| Ocean | 19. | 3524. | 102 | 0.003% |
| Ollie | 20. | 3550. | 101 | 0.003% |