Oliver
Few names outrank Oliver this year, it stands #3, peaking as we speak. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 269,903 American children have carried it so far.
What Oliver carries
Oliver · Latin
“olive”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Oliver’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Oliver, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Oliver since 1880
Oliver peaked in 2024 at #3; #3 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Oliver is most common
Among the states, Oliver takes its largest share in Vermont, 2.89% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Wyoming and Maine next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Oliver
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Olivia
#1 in 2025 · Latin
Aurora
#15 in 2025 · Latin
Emilia
#45 in 2025 · Latin
Lucas
#10 in 2025 · Latin
Cecilia
#108 in 2025 · Latin
Juliette
#110 in 2025 · Latin
Lorenzo
#117 in 2025 · Latin
Violet
#13 in 2025 · Latin
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About Oliver
How popular is the name Oliver?
Few names outrank Oliver this year, it stands #3, peaking as we speak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Oliver mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “olive”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Oliver?
The recipe puts Olivia first, then Emilia, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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