Oliver

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #3in 2025
  • 1 in 114boys in 2025
  • +44%last ten years
  • 3.6×in Vermont

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 44% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,4688,93618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Oliver, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,118
18812,363
18822,146
18832,093
18842,141
18852,393
18862,076
18872,002
18881,705
18891,899
18901,964
18912,095
18921,950
18931,905
18941,918
18951,840
18961,623
18971,543
18981,516
18991,516
19001,701
19011,756
19021,476
19031,761
19041,561
19051,595
19061,374
19071,410
19081,341
19091,500
19101,581
19111,474
19121,503
19131,256
19141,315
19151,333
19161,239
19171,270
19181,231
19191,234
19201,094
19211,084
19221,116
19231,114
19241,035
1925940
1926959
1927889
1928842
1929824
1930775
1931748
1932710
1933600
1934709
1935621
1936570
1937571
1938512
1939540
1940502
1941489
1942443
1943468
1944415
1945415
1946381
1947341
1948360
1949337
1950311
1951293
1952286
1953264
1954263
1955247
1956228
1957210
1958213
1959173
1960174
1961164
1962151
1963176
1964185
1965163
1966189
1967167
1968187
1969183
1970197
1971235
1972227
1973240
1974221
1975227
1976215
1977206
1978257
1979237
1980220
1981225
1982251
1983243
1984220
1985201
1986184
1987246
1988230
1989230
1990304
1991288
1992332
1993339
1994333
1995314
1996320
1997355
1998385
1999407
2000498
2001503
2002601
2003696
2004751
2005898
20061,144
20071,402
20081,767
20092,161
20102,432
20112,851
20123,123
20133,847
20144,921
20156,088
20166,885
20177,144
20187,433
20197,784
20208,271
20218,410
20228,692
20238,647
20248,936
20258,746

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 3.6×
  2. Alaska 2.4×
  3. Maine 2.3×
  4. Wyoming 2.2×
  5. New Hampshire 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
14,939
Rank in 2025
#3
How rare
1 in 114 boys
Since 1880
269,903

Most popular in 2024, at 8,936 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 44% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont3.6×113
Alaska2.4×145
Maine2.3×228
Wyoming2.2×65
New Hampshire2.1×244

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.