Olivers

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Olivers: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Olivers: Recorded every year since 2008, it reached #506 in 2019, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#506highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2010	#4678
2011	#2892
2012	#2458
2013	#2055
2014	#1630
2015	#1511
2016	#1363
2017	#1703
2018	#1382
2019	#1587
2020	#1635
2021	#1984
2022	#2018
2023	#2546
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2024.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2018 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4432 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2014–2022
Highest recorded position: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2014–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Olivers appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 179 births with the name.

Olivers across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Olivers's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#4432 (2008)	#1363 (2016)	#3688 (2024)	17 of 17	179 (2008–2024)	19 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#609 (2014)	#506 (2019)	#657 (2022)	8 of 9	31 (2014–2022)	6 (2019)

Olivers by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Olivers in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	123	10 of 10	12
2020s	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Olivers appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Olivers's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #506, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Olivia-Grace · #281, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Beni · #506, 17y
Chesney · #506, 13y
Eghosa · #506, 12y
Iosua · #506, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Beni · #506, 17y
Iosua · #506, 16y
Oluwaferanmi · #506, 22y
Wisdom · #506, 22y

Olivers was ranked #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Olivers and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Olivers without appearing here.

Olivers moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2892 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Olivers

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #3254.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #1609.
Kenneth Compare
In 2019 they stood at #506 and #646 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #637.

Moved the opposite way to Olivers

Garry Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivers went from #4432 to #2546 while Garry went from #2276 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivers went from #4432 to #2546 while Kelly went from #2507 to #3523.
Ole Compare
Between 2008 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivers went from #4432 to #2018 while Ole went from #1156 to #4789.
Brooke Compare
Between 2008 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivers went from #4432 to #1635 while Brooke went from #1596 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Olivers

Olivers at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olivers across 2 official records

Olivers by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Olivers appears in

Popularity data

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Olivers at a glance

Olivers across 2 official records

Olivers by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Olivers

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Olivers moved ahead of

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