Oliwer

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oliwer: Recorded since 2005, it reached #542 in 2010, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#542highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3208
2007	#3095
2008	#1457
2009	#2126
2010	#2036
2011	#3300
2012	#2721
2013	#2660
2014	#2248
2015	#2707
2016	#3478
2017	#2172
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2020	#2960
2021	#2493
2022	#3449
2023	#3523
2024	#2443

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 19 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2015: #699 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2707 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3208 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2015
Highest recorded position: #542 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2008–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Oliwer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 138 births with the name.

Oliwer 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.

Oliwer'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	#3208 (2005)	#1457 (2008)	#2443 (2024)	19 of 20	138 (2005–2024)	15 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#542 (2010)	#699 (2015)	4 of 8	15 (2008–2015)	5 (2010)

Oliwer 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 Oliwer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	33	4 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	72	10 of 10	7
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Oliwer 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #542 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Oliwer'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #542, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 3 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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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.

Avleen · #541, 22y
Ishbel · #541, 21y
Kendrick · #541, 22y
Lacey-May · #541, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Khushi · #542, 24y
Avleen · #541, 22y
Evalyn · #541, 22y
Lacey-May · #541, 17y

Oliwer was ranked #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. 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.

Oliwer 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 Oliwer without appearing here.

Oliwer moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3095 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1457 and #3687.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Oliwer

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #2125.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #2403.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #542 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Oliwer

Oliwer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oliwer across 2 official records

Oliwer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Oliwer appears in

Popularity data

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Names published alongside Oliwer

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Oliwer at a glance

Oliwer across 2 official records

Oliwer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Oliwer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Oliwer

Oliwer and the names beside it

Oliwer moved ahead of

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