Unisex name · since 1941
Olly
128 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.
- #15,822 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,270 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 1941
- 2020s
- peak decade
Olly currently ranks #7270 among unisex names in America, with 128 babies recorded since 1941.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olly has been recorded 128 times among boys since 1941, currently ranked #7270 nationally and more common than 48% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 2025.
- #15,822 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,270 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 128 born since 1941
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olly ranks #15,822 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,270 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 128 born since 1941, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,822 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,270 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 1941
- 2020s
- peak decade
Olly's 128 recorded births place it above 65.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Olly compares
128 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Olly's all-time total is 65% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Olly | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 128 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Olly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Olly's full recorded timeline at 2019, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1941, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Olly popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Olly popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1925 (Olly as girls' name)
Olly by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Olly's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Olly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (52% 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 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
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What to do with Olly's data
- California records the most Ollys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Olly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~84 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1941–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Olly draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.