Olivier

maleStatistical record

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

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

Olivier: Recorded since 1969, it reached #191 in 2008, and it stood at #513 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#191highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2017	#5765

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 27 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2025: #513 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #533 among boys in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2005–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #513 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Olivier appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 2,192 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1969.

Olivier 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.

Olivier'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
Norway · Boys	#533 (1969)	#270 (2017)	#513 (2025)	27 of 57	223 (1969–2025)	18 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#266 (2010)	#898 (2024)	29 of 29	2,192 (1996–2024)	175 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#448 (2005)	#191 (2008)	#829 (2025)	21 of 21	315 (2005–2025)	32 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#236 (2007)	#230 (2010)	#365 (2019)	12 of 13	62 (2007–2019)	8 (2010)

Olivier 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 Olivier in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	551	10 of 10	55
2010sbusiest	1,316	10 of 10	132
2020s	287	5 of 10	57

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 132 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 59, from 52 to 111.

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

Olivier 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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #191 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Olivier'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	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#672	52	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#656	53	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#526	74	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#513	73	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#429	95	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#403	106	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#403	108	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#333	142	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#373	117	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#332	136	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#314	136	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#282	165	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#325	136	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#266	175	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#316	127	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#271	160	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#330	111	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#560	52	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#638	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#230	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#513	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#383	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#331	11	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#490	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#327	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#306	11	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#323	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#380	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#270	18	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#327	13	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#292	16	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#348	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#453	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#467	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#427	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#629	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#617	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#624	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#533	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	24	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	32	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	21	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	21	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	23	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	30	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	19	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 1969 and 2025, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #191, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 175 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 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.

Olivia-Rae · #1711, 15y
Olivia-Rose · #263, 25y
Olivija · #716, 15y
Oliwer · #542, 19y

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.

Livia · #177, 32y
Nikolas · #177, 40y
Liana · #166, 34y
Ayesha · #165, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aodh · #191, 21y
Redmond · #191, 30y
Rosemarie · #191, 61y
Simona · #191, 52y

Olivier was ranked #191 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Olivier 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 Olivier without appearing here.

Olivier moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2254 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1132 and #2189.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #970 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #638 and #1617.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #2501.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2254 and #1651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1132 and #1962.

Moved ahead of Olivier

Sebastian Compare
In 1974 they stood at #533 and #586 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #624 and #149.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1113 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1367 and #924.
Theo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #631 and #637 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #471 and #85.
Emil Compare
In 2024 they stood at #362 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #468.

Moved the opposite way to Olivier

Tony Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Olivier went from #533 to #306 while Tony went from #195 to #438.
Stein Compare
Between 1969 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Olivier went from #533 to #292 while Stein went from #38 to #503.
Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivier went from #1235 to #672 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivier went from #1235 to #672 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.

Moved the same way as Olivier

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivier went from #1664 to #898 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivier went from #1664 to #898 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivier went from #1664 to #898 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olivier went from #1664 to #898 and Rune from #2943 to #1460.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #191 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Olivier

Olivier at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olivier across 4 official records

Olivier by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Olivier appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Olivier and the names beside it

Olivier moved ahead of

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Olivier at a glance

Olivier across 4 official records

Olivier by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Olivier appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Olivier

Olivier and the names beside it

Olivier moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Olivier

Moved the opposite way to Olivier

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