How popular is “Oliver” in the USA?
Number of people named “Oliver” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Oliver” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Oliver” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Oliver” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Oliver” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Oliver” by birth year
This chart shows how “Oliver” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 234 | 0.001161383 | 234 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 238 | 0.001235157 | 238 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 244 | 0.001101416 | 244 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 219 | 0.001009472 | 219 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 245 | 0.001006321 | 245 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 258 | 0.001071188 | 258 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 230 | 0.000900841 | 230 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 203 | 0.000820557 | 203 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 206 | 0.000687873 | 206 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 210 | 0.000726779 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 218 | 0.000723289 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 212 | 0.000739521 | 212 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 238 | 0.000711778 | 238 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 214 | 0.00065801 | 214 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 222 | 0.000655467 | 222 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 216 | 0.000615348 | 216 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 194 | 0.000542682 | 194 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 174 | 0.000501503 | 174 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 186 | 0.000487607 | 186 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 161 | 0.000474599 | 161 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 256 | 0.000568562 | 256 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 187 | 0.000540756 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 181 | 0.000468023 | 181 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 210 | 0.000550889 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 200 | 0.000495681 | 200 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 220 | 0.000518961 | 9 | 211 | -92% |
| 1906 | 183 | 0.00042712 | 183 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 207 | 0.000444787 | 207 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 207 | 0.000423616 | 207 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 246 | 0.000481198 | 246 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 307 | 0.000519713 | 307 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 338 | 0.000524618 | 5 | 333 | -97% |
| 1912 | 653 | 0.00066089 | 7 | 646 | -98% |
| 1913 | 644 | 0.000566348 | 644 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 873 | 0.000616375 | 12 | 861 | -97% |
| 1915 | 1140 | 0.000622125 | 9 | 1131 | -98% |
| 1916 | 1118 | 0.000577952 | 15 | 1103 | -97% |
| 1917 | 1185 | 0.000590507 | 10 | 1175 | -98% |
| 1918 | 1258 | 0.000579427 | 10 | 1248 | -98% |
| 1919 | 1220 | 0.000578131 | 11 | 1209 | -98% |
| 1920 | 1175 | 0.000519304 | 11 | 1164 | -98% |
| 1921 | 1204 | 0.000515741 | 10 | 1194 | -98% |
| 1922 | 1224 | 0.000534695 | 10 | 1214 | -98% |
| 1923 | 1231 | 0.00053464 | 10 | 1221 | -98% |
| 1924 | 1183 | 0.000496722 | 11 | 1172 | -98% |
| 1925 | 1062 | 0.000455148 | 13 | 1049 | -98% |
| 1926 | 1070 | 0.000466049 | 5 | 1065 | -99% |
| 1927 | 1014 | 0.000437189 | 12 | 1002 | -98% |
| 1928 | 942 | 0.000416644 | 8 | 934 | -98% |
| 1929 | 896 | 0.000408731 | 11 | 885 | -98% |
| 1930 | 859 | 0.000386365 | 9 | 850 | -98% |
| 1931 | 784 | 0.000372559 | 6 | 778 | -98% |
| 1932 | 747 | 0.000353814 | 6 | 741 | -98% |
| 1933 | 595 | 0.000297585 | 595 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 741 | 0.000356799 | 9 | 732 | -98% |
| 1935 | 656 | 0.000313895 | 9 | 647 | -97% |
| 1936 | 591 | 0.000284468 | 591 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 615 | 0.000288647 | 6 | 609 | -98% |
| 1938 | 568 | 0.000256715 | 568 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 604 | 0.000274119 | 6 | 598 | -98% |
| 1940 | 589 | 0.000255794 | 7 | 582 | -98% |
| 1941 | 600 | 0.000246267 | 600 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 618 | 0.000226228 | 5 | 613 | -98% |
| 1943 | 683 | 0.000241979 | 15 | 668 | -96% |
| 1944 | 572 | 0.000212635 | 7 | 565 | -98% |
| 1945 | 563 | 0.000212223 | 5 | 558 | -98% |
| 1946 | 625 | 0.000195601 | 6 | 619 | -98% |
| 1947 | 629 | 0.000174613 | 5 | 624 | -98% |
| 1948 | 642 | 0.000185952 | 11 | 631 | -97% |
| 1949 | 603 | 0.00017304 | 6 | 597 | -98% |
| 1950 | 556 | 0.000158704 | 556 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 552 | 0.000149848 | 552 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 566 | 0.000149026 | 11 | 555 | -96% |
| 1953 | 529 | 0.000137274 | 8 | 521 | -97% |
| 1954 | 536 | 0.00013465 | 536 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 507 | 0.000126275 | 507 | -100% | |
| 1956 | 488 | 0.000118359 | 5 | 483 | -98% |
| 1957 | 452 | 0.000107566 | 452 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 453 | 0.000109573 | 453 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 379 | 0.000091178 | 8 | 371 | -96% |
| 1960 | 371 | 0.000089313 | 371 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 348 | 0.000084018 | 348 | -100% | |
| 1962 | 311 | 0.000077079 | 311 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 359 | 0.000090695 | 359 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 367 | 0.000094404 | 367 | -100% | |
| 1965 | 302 | 0.000083299 | 302 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 343 | 0.000098689 | 5 | 338 | -97% |
| 1967 | 290 | 0.000085423 | 290 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 332 | 0.000098272 | 7 | 325 | -96% |
| 1969 | 335 | 0.000096393 | 7 | 328 | -96% |
| 1970 | 366 | 0.000101483 | 366 | -100% | |
| 1971 | 422 | 0.00012295 | 6 | 416 | -97% |
| 1972 | 373 | 0.000118676 | 5 | 368 | -97% |
| 1973 | 381 | 0.000126291 | 7 | 374 | -96% |
| 1974 | 347 | 0.000114145 | 347 | -100% | |
| 1975 | 355 | 0.000117574 | 355 | -100% | |
| 1976 | 342 | 0.000112711 | 5 | 337 | -97% |
| 1977 | 345 | 0.000108613 | 7 | 338 | -96% |
| 1978 | 430 | 0.000135483 | 8 | 422 | -96% |
| 1979 | 408 | 0.000122634 | 408 | -100% | |
| 1980 | 400 | 0.000116127 | 7 | 393 | -96% |
| 1981 | 409 | 0.000118231 | 6 | 403 | -97% |
| 1982 | 455 | 0.000129706 | 455 | -100% | |
| 1983 | 434 | 0.000125315 | 434 | -100% | |
| 1984 | 404 | 0.000115804 | 7 | 397 | -97% |
| 1985 | 371 | 0.000103951 | 371 | -100% | |
| 1986 | 344 | 0.000096712 | 6 | 338 | -97% |
| 1987 | 467 | 0.000129525 | 6 | 461 | -97% |
| 1988 | 440 | 0.000119084 | 440 | -100% | |
| 1989 | 460 | 0.000119657 | 460 | -100% | |
| 1990 | 625 | 0.000158138 | 625 | -100% | |
| 1991 | 582 | 0.000149419 | 582 | -100% | |
| 1992 | 664 | 0.000172868 | 664 | -100% | |
| 1993 | 670 | 0.000177712 | 5 | 665 | -99% |
| 1994 | 643 | 0.000172967 | 643 | -100% | |
| 1995 | 597 | 0.000163025 | 597 | -100% | |
| 1996 | 607 | 0.000166436 | 607 | -100% | |
| 1997 | 669 | 0.00018452 | 669 | -100% | |
| 1998 | 739 | 0.00020092 | 5 | 734 | -99% |
| 1999 | 782 | 0.000211709 | 782 | -100% | |
| 2000 | 978 | 0.000258744 | 978 | -100% | |
| 2001 | 978 | 0.000261269 | 978 | -100% | |
| 2002 | 1171 | 0.000313258 | 5 | 1166 | -99% |
| 2003 | 1379 | 0.000362702 | 5 | 1374 | -99% |
| 2004 | 1497 | 0.00039182 | 6 | 1491 | -99% |
| 2005 | 1793 | 0.000466375 | 1793 | -100% | |
| 2006 | 2351 | 0.000594318 | 2351 | -100% | |
| 2007 | 2917 | 0.00072975 | 7 | 2910 | -100% |
| 2008 | 3614 | 0.00091957 | 11 | 3603 | -99% |
| 2009 | 4294 | 0.001124233 | 7 | 4287 | -100% |
| 2010 | 4671 | 0.001264091 | 7 | 4664 | -100% |
| 2011 | 5421 | 0.001482301 | 9 | 5412 | -100% |
| 2012 | 5930 | 0.001621704 | 9 | 5921 | -100% |
| 2013 | 7287 | 0.001999286 | 12 | 7275 | -100% |
| 2014 | 9460 | 0.00255302 | 13 | 9447 | -100% |
| 2015 | 11687 | 0.003158777 | 20 | 11667 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13083 | 0.003567259 | 18 | 13065 | -100% |
| 2017 | 13237 | 0.00370295 | 15 | 13222 | -100% |
| 2018 | 13511 | 0.003844742 | 19 | 13492 | -100% |
| 2019 | 13984 | 0.004031376 | 22 | 13962 | -100% |
| 2020 | 14293 | 0.004282104 | 23 | 14270 | -100% |
| 2021 | 14722 | 0.00434959 | 26 | 14696 | -100% |
| 2022 | 15169 | 0.004489715 | 28 | 15141 | -100% |
| 2023 | 14768 | 0.00447889 | 27 | 14741 | -100% |