Olly — #7290 US boys' name
117 babies named Olly in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Olly was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Olly in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olly
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Olly between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Olly currently holds the #7290 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Olly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1925.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olly performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Olly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Olly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olly 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 117 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.
Olly at a glance
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Current rank
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Olly popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1941
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
Currently ranks #7290 among boys.
117 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 15 births in a single year.
Olly popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1925 (Olly as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Olly accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Olly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 57 births that decade — 49% of Olly's all-time total
Olly decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Olly's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Olly by state
Where Olly concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 117 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% 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, 1941–2024 (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.