Ollie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ollie: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #18 in 2016, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for
12names it appears alongside

What stands out in Ollie's record

England and Wales registered 1,130 births with the name in 2010, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2006

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2770
2001	#2023
2002	#1928
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#3970
2006	#5061

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #23 among boys in Northern Ireland, #34 among boys in Scotland, #35 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #101 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2008–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #31 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ollie appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 13,193 births with the name.

Ollie across 4 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.

Ollie'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	#1458 (1996)	#63 (2010)	#101 (2024)	29 of 29	13,193 (1996–2024)	1,130 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#342 (2007)	#31 (2021)	#31 (2025)	19 of 19	1,971 (2007–2025)	187 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#198 (2008)	#18 (2016)	#23 (2024)	17 of 17	1,096 (2008–2024)	108 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#2770 (1999)	#1928 (2002)	#5061 (2006)	7 of 8	43 (1999–2006)	9 (2002)

Ollie 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 Ollie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	4 of 10	14
2000s	1,813	10 of 10	181
2010sbusiest	8,627	10 of 10	863
2020s	2,698	5 of 10	540

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 863 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 619, from 511 to 1,130.

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

Ollie 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Ollie'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	#101	524	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#114	448	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#114	480	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#96	613	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#92	633	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#85	708	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#96	659	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#86	788	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#69	923	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#77	873	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#74	906	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#80	800	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#73	907	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#73	933	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#63	1,130	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#115	511	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#150	363	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#188	258	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#213	193	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#229	155	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#255	129	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#377	71	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#379	63	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#482	43	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#924	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#96	50	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#23	65	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#27	64	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#21	74	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#39	63	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#30	69	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#21	84	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#30	76	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#27	78	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#18	108	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#25	88	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#44	69	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#53	57	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#54	58	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#60	58	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#63	53	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#133	21	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#198	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#31	149	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	157	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	141	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	159	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#31	187	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	136	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	145	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	172	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	179	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	150	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	118	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	91	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	64	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	39	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#34	116	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 2016.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,130 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 28 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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Oliwier · #196, 22y
Ollie-Jay · #2175, 12y
Olly · #91, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Finley · #16, 30y
Shania · #16, 30y
Brittany · #14, 32y
Jonah · #23, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Birk · #18, 35y
Albie · #19, 30y
Taylor · #19, 35y
Tyler · #19, 35y

Comparisons involving Ollie

Existing comparison pages where Ollie and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Ollie in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Alfie vs Ollie
Alfie and Ollie both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — England and Wales · Boys; Northern Ireland · Boys; Republic of Ireland · Boys. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Alfie · Ollie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Arlo vs Ollie
Arlo and Ollie both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — England and Wales · Boys; Northern Ireland · Boys; Republic of Ireland · Boys. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Arlo · Ollie · 27 shared years, 1999–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Arthur vs Ollie
Arthur and Ollie both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — England and Wales · Boys; Northern Ireland · Boys; Republic of Ireland · Boys. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Arthur · Ollie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries

Order changes

Pairs where Ollie and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Ethan vs Ollie
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Ollie moved into the top 50 at #23 in 2024 as Ethan fell out of it to #57, having been #19 the year before.
Ethan · Ollie · 17 shared years, 2008–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Alex vs Ollie
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Ollie moved into the top 50 at #25 in 2015 as Alex fell out of it to #51, having been #42 the year before.
Alex · Ollie · 17 shared years, 2008–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2015 Northern Ireland ranking
Nathan vs Ollie
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Ollie moved into the top 50 at #25 in 2015 as Nathan fell out of it to #51, having been #37 the year before.
Nathan · Ollie · 17 shared years, 2008–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2015 Northern Ireland ranking

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Pairs involving Ollie measured in Northern Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Ollie at its highest position.

James vs Ollie
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Boys within 2 years — James #1 in 2015, Ollie #18 in 2016.
James · Ollie · 17 shared years, 2008–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2016 Northern Ireland ranking
Riley vs Ollie
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Ollie moved into the top 50 at #25 in 2015 as Riley fell out of it to #59, having been #31 the year before.
Riley · Ollie · 17 shared years, 2008–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2015 Northern Ireland ranking

Northern Ireland overview→

Ollie was ranked #18 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. 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.

Ollie 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 Ollie without appearing here.

Ollie moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2022 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #924 and #2074.
Kelly Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2022 and #1454 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #482 and #1467.
Mathias Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2022 and #2859.
Shannon Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2022 and #1761 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #924 and #1642.

Moved ahead of Ollie

Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #1535.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #1836.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1928 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #1472.
Hudson Compare
In 2019 they stood at #85 and #92 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #92 and #69.

Moved the opposite way to Ollie

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ollie

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ollie went from #1458 to #101 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ollie

Ollie at a glance

What stands out in Ollie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ollie across 4 official records

Ollie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ollie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Ollie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Names published alongside Ollie

Ollie and the names beside it

Ollie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ollie

Moved the opposite way to Ollie

Moved the same way as Ollie

Ollie at a glance

What stands out in Ollie's record

Ollie across 4 official records

Ollie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ollie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Ollie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Names published alongside Ollie

Ollie and the names beside it

Ollie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ollie

Moved the opposite way to Ollie

Moved the same way as Ollie