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Boy name

Oliver

Oliver holds the #3 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 14,939 newborn boys in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2019 (#3 nationally, 13,967 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in Vermont (#1 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#3
among boy names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#3
in 2019 (2010s)
Babies in 2025
14,939
boys named Oliver

Oliver popularity, 1880–2025

0.24%0.48%0.72%0.97%18801900192019401960198020002020#3 in 2019
Boys — share of U.S. male birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Oliver is most popular

Alaska: #4 (41 boys, 1.80% of boys born 2025)AKMaine: #2 (77 boys, 2.00% of boys born 2025)MEVermont: #1 (35 boys, 2.89% of boys born 2025)VTNew Hampshire: #3 (66 boys, 1.47% of boys born 2025)NHWashington: #3 (383 boys, 1.17% of boys born 2025)WAIdaho: #1 (128 boys, 1.48% of boys born 2025)IDMontana: #1 (62 boys, 1.65% of boys born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #5 (47 boys, 1.40% of boys born 2025)NDMinnesota: #3 (298 boys, 1.22% of boys born 2025)MNWisconsin: #1 (336 boys, 1.43% of boys born 2025)WIMichigan: #3 (469 boys, 1.17% of boys born 2025)MINew York: #5 (703 boys, 0.83% of boys born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #8 (310 boys, 1.15% of boys born 2025)MARhode Island: #3 (56 boys, 1.79% of boys born 2025)RIOregon: #1 (199 boys, 1.32% of boys born 2025)ORNevada: #5 (114 boys, 1.01% of boys born 2025)NVWyoming: #4 (23 boys, 2.11% of boys born 2025)WYSouth Dakota: #1 (66 boys, 1.72% of boys born 2025)SDIowa: #1 (198 boys, 1.43% of boys born 2025)IAIllinois: #3 (541 boys, 1.09% of boys born 2025)ILIndiana: #1 (428 boys, 1.35% of boys born 2025)INOhio: #1 (653 boys, 1.24% of boys born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #4 (545 boys, 1.04% of boys born 2025)PANew Jersey: #9 (335 boys, 0.84% of boys born 2025)NJConnecticut: #6 (144 boys, 1.09% of boys born 2025)CTCalifornia: #7 (1456 boys, 0.83% of boys born 2025)CAUtah: #1 (274 boys, 1.39% of boys born 2025)UTColorado: #4 (310 boys, 1.15% of boys born 2025)CONebraska: #5 (101 boys, 1.15% of boys born 2025)NEMissouri: #1 (405 boys, 1.46% of boys born 2025)MOKentucky: #1 (278 boys, 1.35% of boys born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #3 (96 boys, 1.56% of boys born 2025)WVVirginia: #4 (390 boys, 1.05% of boys born 2025)VAMaryland: #5 (210 boys, 0.92% of boys born 2025)MDDelaware: #3 (39 boys, 1.32% of boys born 2025)DEArizona: #5 (295 boys, 0.90% of boys born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #12 (59 boys, 0.91% of boys born 2025)NMKansas: #2 (179 boys, 1.27% of boys born 2025)KSArkansas: #3 (143 boys, 1.14% of boys born 2025)ARTennessee: #3 (411 boys, 1.12% of boys born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #3 (507 boys, 0.99% of boys born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #7 (201 boys, 0.95% of boys born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #10 (33 boys, 1.31% of boys born 2025)DCOklahoma: #3 (188 boys, 1.06% of boys born 2025)OKLouisiana: #6 (172 boys, 0.90% of boys born 2025)LAMississippi: #17 (66 boys, 0.61% of boys born 2025)MSAlabama: #6 (217 boys, 1.01% of boys born 2025)ALGeorgia: #6 (432 boys, 0.86% of boys born 2025)GAHawaii: #14 (28 boys, 0.96% of boys born 2025)HITexas: #7 (1361 boys, 0.78% of boys born 2025)TXFlorida: #5 (831 boys, 0.87% of boys born 2025)FL
Share of boys born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Vermont (#1), Wyoming (#4), Maine (#2)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
2
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper.

Based on how many babies per birth were named Oliver in the most recent year of SSA data.

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