Olivier — #2679 US boys' name
1,936 babies named Olivier in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Olivier was born in this single decade.
78 babies were named Olivier in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olivier
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,936 babies named Olivier between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olivier currently holds the #2679 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 78 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olivier performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 661 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Olivier shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 324 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Olivier in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olivier in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,936 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Olivier at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olivier popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (2011)
- 78
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #2679 among boys.
1,936 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 78 births in a single year.
Olivier popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1982 (Olivier as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Olivier accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Olivier by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 661 births that decade — 34% of Olivier's all-time total
Olivier decade highlights
- Peak decade 661 births
- Runner-up 491 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Olivier's strongest decade
661 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Olivier by state
Where Olivier concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 324 | 16.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 198 | 10.2% |
| #3 | California | | 166 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 162 | 8.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 40 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 28 | 1.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 27 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
324 of 1,936 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.7% of nationwide
- Florida 10.2% of nationwide
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 8.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.