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 | 0.001009468 | 219 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 245 | 0.001006321 | 245 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 258 | 0.001071188 | 258 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 230 | 0.000900844 | 230 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 203 | 0.00082056 | 203 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 206 | 0.000687873 | 206 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 210 | 0.000726779 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 218 | 0.000723289 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 212 | 0.000739519 | 212 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 238 | 0.000711778 | 238 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 214 | 0.00065801 | 214 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 222 | 0.000655467 | 222 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 216 | 0.00061535 | 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 | 0.000568563 | 256 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 187 | 0.000540756 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 181 | 0.000468023 | 181 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 210 | 0.000550892 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 200 | 0.000495681 | 200 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 220 | 0.000518963 | 9 | 211 | -92% |
| 1906 | 183 | 0.00042712 | 183 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 207 | 0.000444788 | 207 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 207 | 0.000423617 | 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 | 0.000616376 | 12 | 861 | -97% |
| 1915 | 1140 | 0.000622126 | 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 | 0.000578132 | 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 | 0.000534641 | 10 | 1221 | -98% |
| 1924 | 1183 | 0.000496723 | 11 | 1172 | -98% |
| 1925 | 1062 | 0.000455149 | 13 | 1049 | -98% |
| 1926 | 1070 | 0.000466047 | 5 | 1065 | -99% |
| 1927 | 1014 | 0.00043719 | 12 | 1002 | -98% |
| 1928 | 942 | 0.000416641 | 8 | 934 | -98% |
| 1929 | 896 | 0.000408729 | 11 | 885 | -98% |
| 1930 | 859 | 0.000386365 | 9 | 850 | -98% |
| 1931 | 784 | 0.000372555 | 6 | 778 | -98% |
| 1932 | 747 | 0.000353812 | 6 | 741 | -98% |
| 1933 | 595 | 0.000297582 | 595 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 741 | 0.000356796 | 9 | 732 | -98% |
| 1935 | 656 | 0.000313891 | 9 | 647 | -97% |
| 1936 | 591 | 0.000284466 | 591 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 615 | 0.000288642 | 6 | 609 | -98% |
| 1938 | 568 | 0.000256715 | 568 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 604 | 0.000274117 | 6 | 598 | -98% |
| 1940 | 589 | 0.000255788 | 7 | 582 | -98% |
| 1941 | 601 | 0.000246673 | 601 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 617 | 0.000225857 | 5 | 612 | -98% |
| 1943 | 683 | 0.000241979 | 15 | 668 | -96% |
| 1944 | 572 | 0.000212633 | 7 | 565 | -98% |
| 1945 | 563 | 0.00021222 | 5 | 558 | -98% |
| 1946 | 625 | 0.000195599 | 6 | 619 | -98% |
| 1947 | 629 | 0.00017461 | 5 | 624 | -98% |
| 1948 | 642 | 0.000185951 | 11 | 631 | -97% |
| 1949 | 603 | 0.000173038 | 6 | 597 | -98% |
| 1950 | 556 | 0.000158705 | 556 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 552 | 0.000149848 | 552 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 566 | 0.000149026 | 11 | 555 | -96% |
| 1953 | 529 | 0.000137273 | 8 | 521 | -97% |
| 1954 | 537 | 0.000134901 | 537 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 507 | 0.000126274 | 507 | -100% | |
| 1956 | 488 | 0.000118359 | 5 | 483 | -98% |
| 1957 | 452 | 0.000107564 | 452 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 453 | 0.000109582 | 453 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 379 | 0.00009115 | 8 | 371 | -96% |
| 1960 | 370 | 0.000089075 | 370 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 348 | 0.000084011 | 348 | -100% | |
| 1962 | 312 | 0.000077316 | 312 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 358 | 0.000090445 | 358 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 367 | 0.000094403 | 367 | -100% | |
| 1965 | 303 | 0.000083576 | 303 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 342 | 0.000098399 | 5 | 337 | -97% |
| 1967 | 290 | 0.000085422 | 290 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 332 | 0.000098271 | 7 | 325 | -96% |
| 1969 | 336 | 0.000096682 | 7 | 329 | -96% |
| 1970 | 366 | 0.000101483 | 366 | -100% | |
| 1971 | 422 | 0.000122948 | 6 | 416 | -97% |
| 1972 | 373 | 0.000118677 | 5 | 368 | -97% |
| 1973 | 381 | 0.000126289 | 7 | 374 | -96% |
| 1974 | 347 | 0.000114145 | 347 | -100% | |
| 1975 | 355 | 0.000117573 | 355 | -100% | |
| 1976 | 341 | 0.000112382 | 5 | 336 | -97% |
| 1977 | 345 | 0.00010861 | 7 | 338 | -96% |
| 1978 | 430 | 0.000135481 | 8 | 422 | -96% |
| 1979 | 408 | 0.000122633 | 408 | -100% | |
| 1980 | 400 | 0.000116127 | 7 | 393 | -96% |
| 1981 | 409 | 0.000118229 | 6 | 403 | -97% |
| 1982 | 455 | 0.000129705 | 455 | -100% | |
| 1983 | 434 | 0.000125313 | 434 | -100% | |
| 1984 | 404 | 0.000115801 | 7 | 397 | -97% |
| 1985 | 371 | 0.000103947 | 371 | -100% | |
| 1986 | 344 | 0.000096709 | 6 | 338 | -97% |
| 1987 | 467 | 0.00012952 | 6 | 461 | -97% |
| 1988 | 440 | 0.000119078 | 440 | -100% | |
| 1989 | 460 | 0.000119653 | 460 | -100% | |
| 1990 | 625 | 0.000158129 | 625 | -100% | |
| 1991 | 582 | 0.000149412 | 582 | -100% | |
| 1992 | 664 | 0.000172859 | 664 | -100% | |
| 1993 | 670 | 0.000177706 | 5 | 665 | -99% |
| 1994 | 643 | 0.000172959 | 643 | -100% | |
| 1995 | 597 | 0.000163019 | 597 | -100% | |
| 1996 | 607 | 0.000166429 | 607 | -100% | |
| 1997 | 669 | 0.000184514 | 669 | -100% | |
| 1998 | 740 | 0.000201185 | 5 | 735 | -99% |
| 1999 | 782 | 0.000211702 | 782 | -100% | |
| 2000 | 978 | 0.000258737 | 978 | -100% | |
| 2001 | 978 | 0.000261261 | 978 | -100% | |
| 2002 | 1171 | 0.000313245 | 5 | 1166 | -99% |
| 2003 | 1379 | 0.000362673 | 5 | 1374 | -99% |
| 2004 | 1497 | 0.00039179 | 6 | 1491 | -99% |
| 2005 | 1793 | 0.000466339 | 1793 | -100% | |
| 2006 | 2352 | 0.000594512 | 2352 | -100% | |
| 2007 | 2917 | 0.000729673 | 7 | 2910 | -100% |
| 2008 | 3615 | 0.000919692 | 11 | 3604 | -99% |
| 2009 | 4294 | 0.001124032 | 7 | 4287 | -100% |
| 2010 | 4671 | 0.001263888 | 7 | 4664 | -100% |
| 2011 | 5422 | 0.001482315 | 9 | 5413 | -100% |
| 2012 | 5931 | 0.001621658 | 9 | 5922 | -100% |
| 2013 | 7287 | 0.001998811 | 12 | 7275 | -100% |
| 2014 | 9463 | 0.002553168 | 13 | 9450 | -100% |
| 2015 | 11687 | 0.00315787 | 20 | 11667 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13083 | 0.003566115 | 18 | 13065 | -100% |
| 2017 | 13239 | 0.003701979 | 15 | 13224 | -100% |
| 2018 | 13518 | 0.003844823 | 19 | 13499 | -100% |
| 2019 | 13986 | 0.004029464 | 22 | 13964 | -100% |
| 2020 | 14298 | 0.004280099 | 23 | 14275 | -100% |
| 2021 | 14733 | 0.004348649 | 26 | 14707 | -100% |
| 2022 | 15189 | 0.004489623 | 28 | 15161 | -100% |
| 2023 | 14810 | 0.004472704 | 28 | 14782 | -100% |
| 2024 | 15368 | 0.004617094 | 25 | 15343 | -100% |