Names like Oliver

In 2025, 14,939 boys born in the US were named Oliver, #3 among boys' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 37 of those 146 years.

It was also #3 every year from 2019 to 2024.

The most births in one year were 15,396, in 2024.

Births rose 28% from 11,670 in 2015.

All 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Oliver's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #69
2. 1890
   #81
3. 1900
   #95
4. 1910
   #103
5. 1920
   #135
6. 1930
   #170
7. 1940
   #215
8. 1950
   #283
9. 1960
   #411
10. 1970
    #423
11. 1980
    #410
12. 1990
    #371
13. 2000
    #305
14. 2010
    #88
15. 2020
    #3
16. 2025
    #3

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Oliver's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.