Unisex name ★ peaked 1919

Ollie

Meaning olive tree Gender Unisex · 70% girls Rank 2025 #2,294 Trend → Stable

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

Rank 2025
#2,294
among girls · ↓48 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
287
named Ollie · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 20,091
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1919
1,345 babies
All-time total
59,267
#672 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Ollie popularity over time

59,267 babies have been named Ollie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 2,832 706 3,538 354 – #96
1890s 4,272 918 5,190 519 +47% #103
1900s 4,725 952 5,677 568 +9% #113
1910s 7,760 2,430 10,190 1,019 +79% #150
1920s 8,273 2,860 11,133 1,113 +9% #205
1930s 5,319 2,122 7,441 744 -33% #241
1940s 3,774 1,901 5,675 568 -24% #308
1950s 2,093 1,355 3,448 345 -39% #468
1960s 760 871 1,631 163 -53% #863
1970s 300 539 839 84 -49% #2,017
1980s 152 340 492 49 -41% #4,262
1990s 104 233 337 34 -32% #6,518
2000s 154 262 416 42 +23% #5,398
2010s 574 940 1,514 151 +264% #2,101
2020s (to 2025) 549 1,197 1,746 291 +92% #1,886

Where Ollie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 81 0.05 outside top 500
2027 81 0.05 outside top 500
2028 82 0.05 outside top 500
2029 83 0.05 outside top 500
2030 83 0.05 outside top 500

Where Ollie is most popular

Girls named Ollie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.056 per 1,000. Strongest in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Ollie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Tennessee 18 0.114 +103%
Arkansas 6 0.114 +103%
Missouri 10 0.083 +49%
Texas 58 0.072 +29%
Oklahoma 5 0.068 +22%
Utah 5 0.060 +8%
Louisiana 5 0.057 ≈ national
California 31 0.037 -34%
North Carolina 6 0.026 -53%
Florida 10 0.023 -58%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
New York – – –
Ohio – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Ollie

Ollie is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,294 in 2025 with 80 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 59,267 American babies have been named Ollie, about 70% girls and 30% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 1919, when 1,345 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1910s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Ollie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Ollie?

The median living Ollie is about 69 years old; half are between 27 and 81. An estimated 15 thousand people named Ollie are alive in the United States today.

median 69 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Ollie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 80 #2,294 207 #1,058
2024 84 #2,246 211 #1,047
2023 106 #1,886 199 #1,082
2022 98 #2,004 217 #1,024
2021 85 #2,206 195 #1,086
2020 96 #1,975 168 #1,157
2019 90 #2,101 148 #1,270
2018 77 #2,378 151 #1,232
2017 88 #2,177 121 #1,430
2016 66 #2,660 103 #1,597
2015 57 #3,020 122 #1,412
2014 61 #2,835 74 #1,954
2013 47 #3,398 64 #2,108
2012 31 #4,683 60 #2,199
2011 33 #4,444 44 #2,728
2010 24 #5,745 53 #2,388
2009 26 #5,503 41 #2,932
2008 27 #5,398 49 #2,572
2007 21 #6,496 25 #4,088
2006 18 #7,073 18 #5,008
2005 8 #12,723 27 #3,589
2004 10 #10,495 17 #4,949
2003 10 #10,238 22 #3,937
2002 12 #8,685 22 #3,879
2001 10 #9,913 20 #4,074
2000 12 #8,417 21 #3,878
1995 13 #6,926 25 #2,901
1990 9 #9,013 42 #1,864
1985 14 #5,271 35 #1,752
1980 18 #4,262 44 #1,442
1975 26 #2,859 56 #1,135
1970 38 #2,146 69 #975
1965 61 #1,418 67 #909
1960 144 #863 117 #722
1955 207 #651 144 #621
1950 304 #468 163 #532
1945 355 #375 174 #451
1940 423 #308 198 #410
1935 529 #267 202 #382
1930 662 #241 260 #353
1925 824 #226 313 #324
1920 950 #205 292 #344
1915 855 #194 288 #298
1910 538 #150 114 #220
1905 486 #130 99 #185
1900 585 #113 109 #188
1895 446 #111 90 #177
1890 392 #105 87 #163
1885 305 #98 77 #173
1880 183 #107 63 #195

Famous people named Ollie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Ollie Johnston Ollie Johnston American animator (1912–2008) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Ollie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Ollie?

The median living Ollie is about 69 years old. Half of all living Ollies are between 27 and 81 years old.

How many people named Ollie are alive today?

An estimated 15 thousand people named Ollie are alive in the United States, based on 59,267 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Ollie mean?

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

How popular is the name Ollie in 2025?

Ollie ranked #2,294 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 80 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Ollie?

59,267 babies have been named Ollie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Ollie most popular?

Ollie peaked in 1919, when 1,345 newborns received the name.

Is Ollie a boy or girl name?

Ollie is used for both: about 70% of babies named Ollie have been girls and 30% boys.

Is the name Ollie rising or falling?

Ollie is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Ollie become more popular?

Ollie looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 83 girls named Ollie in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Ollie?

Well-known people named Ollie include Ollie Johnston (designer).

Names like Ollie

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