Oliver is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3 for boy births in the United States, given to 14,963 babies. Oliver first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2024 (15,421 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,963 | #3 |
| 2024 | 15,421 | #3 |
| 2023 | 14,820 | #4 |
| 2022 | 15,204 | #4 |
| 2021 | 14,739 | #5 |
| 2020 | 14,300 | #5 |
| 2019 | 13,989 | #6 |
| 2018 | 13,519 | #11 |
| 2017 | 13,239 | #16 |
| 2016 | 13,084 | #19 |
| 2015 | 11,690 | #28 |
| 2014 | 9,466 | #47 |
| 2013 | 7,288 | #79 |
| 2012 | 5,933 | #109 |
| 2011 | 5,423 | #125 |
| 2010 | 4,673 | #146 |
| 2009 | 4,294 | #164 |
| 2008 | 3,615 | #210 |
| 2007 | 2,917 | #256 |
| 2006 | 2,352 | #320 |
| 2005 | 1,794 | #401 |
| 2004 | 1,497 | #453 |
| 2003 | 1,380 | #481 |
| 2002 | 1,171 | #537 |
| 2001 | 978 | #615 |
| 2000 | 978 | #626 |
| 1999 | 782 | #702 |
| 1998 | 740 | #731 |
| 1997 | 669 | #754 |
| 1996 | 607 | #798 |
| 1995 | 597 | #814 |
| 1994 | 644 | #755 |
| 1993 | 670 | #735 |
| 1992 | 664 | #752 |
| 1991 | 582 | #832 |
| 1990 | 625 | #788 |
| 1989 | 460 | #954 |
| 1988 | 441 | #935 |
| 1987 | 466 | #872 |
| 1986 | 344 | #1,037 |
| 1985 | 371 | #974 |
| 1984 | 404 | #894 |
| 1983 | 435 | #843 |
| 1982 | 455 | #833 |
| 1981 | 409 | #899 |
| 1980 | 400 | #905 |
| 1979 | 408 | #880 |
| 1978 | 430 | #828 |
| 1977 | 345 | #955 |
| 1976 | 342 | #945 |
| 1975 | 355 | #905 |
| 1974 | 347 | #916 |
| 1973 | 381 | #860 |
| 1972 | 373 | #875 |
| 1971 | 422 | #858 |
| 1970 | 367 | #939 |
| 1969 | 335 | #955 |
| 1968 | 332 | #936 |
| 1967 | 291 | #977 |
| 1966 | 342 | #905 |
| 1965 | 303 | #977 |
| 1964 | 368 | #915 |
| 1963 | 357 | #919 |
| 1962 | 312 | #979 |
| 1961 | 349 | #931 |
| 1960 | 370 | #901 |
| 1959 | 378 | #889 |
| 1958 | 453 | #798 |
| 1957 | 452 | #792 |
| 1956 | 488 | #739 |
| 1955 | 508 | #712 |
| 1954 | 537 | #679 |
| 1953 | 529 | #676 |
| 1952 | 566 | #633 |
| 1951 | 552 | #625 |
| 1950 | 556 | #606 |
| 1949 | 603 | #580 |
| 1948 | 642 | #553 |
| 1947 | 629 | #573 |
| 1946 | 625 | #538 |
| 1945 | 563 | #523 |
| 1944 | 572 | #524 |
| 1943 | 683 | #484 |
| 1942 | 617 | #504 |
| 1941 | 601 | #480 |
| 1940 | 589 | #474 |
| 1939 | 604 | #458 |
| 1938 | 568 | #481 |
| 1937 | 615 | #454 |
| 1936 | 591 | #457 |
| 1935 | 656 | #439 |
| 1934 | 741 | #412 |
| 1933 | 595 | #454 |
| 1932 | 747 | #405 |
| 1931 | 784 | #391 |
| 1930 | 859 | #382 |
| 1929 | 897 | #371 |
| 1928 | 941 | #367 |
| 1927 | 1,014 | #357 |
| 1926 | 1,070 | #344 |
| 1925 | 1,062 | #344 |
| 1924 | 1,183 | #327 |
| 1923 | 1,231 | #314 |
| 1922 | 1,224 | #319 |
| 1921 | 1,204 | #322 |
| 1920 | 1,175 | #319 |
| 1919 | 1,220 | #303 |
| 1918 | 1,258 | #301 |
| 1917 | 1,185 | #294 |
| 1916 | 1,118 | #296 |
| 1915 | 1,140 | #281 |
| 1914 | 873 | #287 |
| 1913 | 644 | #304 |
| 1912 | 653 | #278 |
| 1911 | 338 | #325 |
| 1910 | 307 | #315 |
| 1909 | 246 | #339 |
| 1908 | 207 | #360 |
| 1907 | 207 | #347 |
| 1906 | 183 | #356 |
| 1905 | 220 | #307 |
| 1904 | 200 | #323 |
| 1903 | 210 | #298 |
| 1902 | 181 | #332 |
| 1901 | 187 | #302 |
| 1900 | 256 | #292 |
| 1899 | 161 | #328 |
| 1898 | 186 | #317 |
| 1897 | 174 | #313 |
| 1896 | 194 | #297 |
| 1895 | 216 | #273 |
| 1894 | 222 | #267 |
| 1893 | 214 | #260 |
| 1892 | 238 | #247 |
| 1891 | 212 | #237 |
| 1890 | 218 | #244 |
| 1889 | 210 | #235 |
| 1888 | 206 | #242 |
| 1887 | 203 | #213 |
| 1886 | 230 | #197 |
| 1885 | 258 | #181 |
| 1884 | 245 | #182 |
| 1883 | 219 | #179 |
| 1882 | 244 | #176 |
| 1881 | 238 | #161 |
| 1880 | 234 | #165 |