Ollis — #12343 US boys' name
414 babies named Ollis in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Ollis was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Ollis in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ollis
The Social Security Administration has registered 414 babies named Ollis between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ollis currently holds the #12343 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ollis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ollis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ollis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ollis 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 414 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.
Ollis at a glance
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Current rank
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Ollis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1891
- Peak year (1927)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 134 years of records
Currently ranks #12343 among boys.
414 total births across 134 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 18 births in a single year.
Ollis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 119 births that decade — 29% of Ollis's all-time total
Ollis decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ollis's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Ollis by state
Where Ollis concentrates geographically — total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 43 | 10.4% |
43 of 414 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 10.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 10.4% 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, 1891–2024 (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.