Ollie
Ollie is given to both girls and boys: 80 girls and 207 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,294 among girls’ names and #1,058 among boys’, #1,749 among all names counting both); 59,267 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Ollie every year since 1964.
An estimated 13,500 Americans named Ollie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 18 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ollie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ollie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ollie is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the senses “olive tree” (olivarius) and “olive” (oliva).
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].”
From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ollie?
#2,294 among girls’ names, 2025
Ollie rose from #3,020 in 2015 to #2,294 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 31.9 to 49.8 per million.
1,345 babies in 1919, the peak
Ollie peaked in 1919, when 1,345 babies were given it (976 girls, #195 among girls’ names). The 287 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 21% of that peak.
Births by 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 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57 | #3,020 | 122 | #1,412 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,833 | 74 | #1,953 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,396 | 64 | #2,107 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,681 | 60 | #2,198 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,443 | 44 | #2,727 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,743 | 53 | #2,387 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,501 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,395 | 49 | #2,571 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,492 | 25 | #4,086 |
| 2006 | 18 | #7,071 | 18 | #5,004 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,716 | 27 | #3,585 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,489 | 17 | #4,944 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,233 | 22 | #3,932 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,679 | 22 | #3,874 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,906 | 20 | #4,068 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,409 | 21 | #3,872 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,311 | 14 | #4,948 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,612 | 20 | #3,670 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,522 | 10 | #5,966 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,963 | 19 | #3,634 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,921 | 25 | #2,896 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,601 | 29 | #2,598 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,512 | 34 | #2,274 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,873 | 23 | #2,968 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,626 | 17 | #3,577 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,007 | 42 | #1,859 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,516 | 35 | #2,051 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,808 | 24 | #2,486 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,809 | 35 | #1,854 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,483 | 25 | #2,272 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,269 | 35 | #1,751 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,665 | 25 | #2,142 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,414 | 39 | #1,549 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,442 | 37 | #1,637 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,282 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,261 | 44 | #1,442 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,129 | 37 | #1,586 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,994 | 43 | #1,430 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,365 | 40 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,467 | 44 | #1,342 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,859 | 56 | #1,135 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,979 | 50 | #1,179 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,292 | 55 | #1,104 |
| 1972 | 40 | #2,017 | 74 | #937 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,286 | 71 | #974 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,146 | 69 | #975 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,195 | 56 | #1,038 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,823 | 74 | #849 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,437 | 87 | #785 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,616 | 80 | #817 |
| 1965 | 61 | #1,418 | 67 | #909 |
| 1964 | 71 | #1,339 | 94 | #780 |
| 1963 | 86 | #1,183 | 83 | #835 |
| 1962 | 99 | #1,094 | 106 | #744 |
| 1961 | 113 | #1,027 | 107 | #746 |
| 1960 | 144 | #863 | 117 | #721 |
| 1959 | 143 | #857 | 110 | #732 |
| 1958 | 144 | #853 | 126 | #680 |
| 1957 | 167 | #777 | 107 | #726 |
| 1956 | 182 | #712 | 131 | #667 |
| 1955 | 207 | #650 | 144 | #620 |
| 1954 | 204 | #644 | 137 | #630 |
| 1953 | 213 | #608 | 141 | #611 |
| 1952 | 240 | #559 | 150 | #571 |
| 1951 | 289 | #484 | 146 | #568 |
| 1950 | 304 | #467 | 163 | #531 |
| 1949 | 314 | #449 | 193 | #477 |
| 1948 | 352 | #422 | 175 | #497 |
| 1947 | 341 | #445 | 170 | #520 |
| 1946 | 326 | #428 | 195 | #455 |
| 1945 | 355 | #375 | 174 | #451 |
| 1944 | 406 | #340 | 196 | #437 |
| 1943 | 416 | #351 | 201 | #446 |
| 1942 | 408 | #347 | 236 | #393 |
| 1941 | 433 | #317 | 163 | #465 |
| 1940 | 423 | #308 | 198 | #410 |
| 1939 | 415 | #304 | 170 | #437 |
| 1938 | 451 | #295 | 196 | #406 |
| 1937 | 456 | #290 | 217 | #375 |
| 1936 | 483 | #275 | 201 | #387 |
| 1935 | 529 | #267 | 202 | #382 |
| 1934 | 590 | #257 | 184 | #413 |
| 1933 | 574 | #253 | 218 | #367 |
| 1932 | 606 | #253 | 229 | #367 |
| 1931 | 553 | #261 | 245 | #355 |
| 1930 | 662 | #241 | 260 | #353 |
| 1929 | 681 | #230 | 249 | #359 |
| 1928 | 754 | #228 | 268 | #347 |
| 1927 | 779 | #230 | 285 | #342 |
| 1926 | 778 | #230 | 315 | #320 |
| 1925 | 824 | #226 | 313 | #324 |
| 1924 | 850 | #225 | 292 | #343 |
| 1923 | 830 | #224 | 292 | #344 |
| 1922 | 915 | #214 | 263 | #372 |
| 1921 | 912 | #209 | 291 | #349 |
| 1920 | 950 | #205 | 292 | #344 |
| 1919 | 976 | #195 | 369 | #274 |
| 1918 | 956 | #201 | 336 | #300 |
| 1917 | 911 | #202 | 295 | #311 |
| 1916 | 925 | #193 | 295 | #302 |
| 1915 | 855 | #194 | 288 | #298 |
| 1914 | 765 | #177 | 232 | #297 |
| 1913 | 669 | #172 | 225 | #251 |
| 1912 | 644 | #163 | 167 | #275 |
| 1911 | 521 | #157 | 109 | #245 |
| 1910 | 538 | #150 | 114 | #220 |
| 1909 | 481 | #147 | 99 | #216 |
| 1908 | 447 | #152 | 84 | #229 |
| 1907 | 462 | #143 | 96 | #203 |
| 1906 | 458 | #134 | 95 | #191 |
| 1905 | 486 | #130 | 99 | #185 |
| 1904 | 456 | #130 | 100 | #183 |
| 1903 | 460 | #123 | 79 | #198 |
| 1902 | 428 | #130 | 110 | #160 |
| 1901 | 462 | #113 | 81 | #178 |
| 1900 | 585 | #113 | 109 | #188 |
| 1899 | 383 | #127 | 78 | #181 |
| 1898 | 459 | #116 | 88 | #178 |
| 1897 | 455 | #113 | 92 | #169 |
| 1896 | 409 | #117 | 93 | #176 |
| 1895 | 446 | #111 | 90 | #177 |
| 1894 | 452 | #107 | 80 | #185 |
| 1893 | 459 | #103 | 99 | #151 |
| 1892 | 441 | #103 | 115 | #143 |
| 1891 | 376 | #104 | 96 | #141 |
| 1890 | 392 | #105 | 87 | #163 |
| 1889 | 366 | #104 | 76 | #179 |
| 1888 | 411 | #96 | 76 | #198 |
| 1887 | 338 | #97 | 68 | #183 |
| 1886 | 318 | #103 | 81 | #171 |
| 1885 | 305 | #98 | 77 | #173 |
| 1884 | 275 | #104 | 81 | #174 |
| 1883 | 249 | #101 | 61 | #195 |
| 1882 | 218 | #105 | 78 | #174 |
| 1881 | 169 | #109 | 45 | #228 |
| 1880 | 183 | #107 | 63 | #195 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ollie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 59,267 Americans recorded as Ollie, 70% are girls and 30% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ollie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ollie, and how old are they?
13,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 23% of the 59,267 Americans ever recorded as Ollie. The median Ollie alive today is 67 years old; half are between 18 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 11,653 people named Ollie (6,939 women and girls, 4,714 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,239 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,090 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,580 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,350 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 662 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 726 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ollie born?
The states with the most babies named Ollie are Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, with 32% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,571 | #2,347 | 1.7× |
| Mississippi | 4,087 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| Alabama | 3,538 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Georgia | 3,227 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Kentucky | 2,696 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| North Carolina | 2,695 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Arkansas | 2,337 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Tennessee | 2,259 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Louisiana | 2,121 | #874 | 2.3× |
| South Carolina | 1,977 | not ranked | 2.1× |
Where Ollie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ollie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ollie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 60,110 babies since 1880, Ollie is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 287 of their 287 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ollie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ollie and names like it
- Compare Ollie and OllaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sOllie peaked in 1919.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ollie since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Ollie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Ollie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ollie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.