Olly

maleStatistical record

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

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

Olly: Recorded since 1999, it reached #91 in 2012, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#91highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2097
2001	#1746
2002	#1519
2003	#1248
2004	#906
2005	#1246
2006	#1084
2007	#848
2008	#818
2009	#323
2010	#113
2011	#122
2012	#106
2013	#122
2014	#165
2015	#166
2016	#191
2017	#253
2018	#279
2019	#310
2020	#335
2021	#425
2022	#548
2023	#561
2024	#622

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 25 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #246 among boys in Scotland, #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #622 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2097 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #91 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2009–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Olly appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 4,403 births with the name.

Olly across 3 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.

Olly'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	#2097 (1999)	#106 (2012)	#622 (2024)	25 of 26	4,403 (1999–2024)	596 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#188 (2019)	#676 (2025)	17 of 17	277 (2009–2025)	29 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#91 (2012)	#305 (2024)	16 of 16	237 (2009–2024)	35 (2012)

Olly 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 Olly in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	277	9 of 10	31
2010sbusiest	3,690	10 of 10	369
2020s	431	5 of 10	86

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 369 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 432, from 124 to 556.

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

Olly 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 4 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Olly'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	#622	61	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#548	70	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#425	98	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#335	135	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#310	155	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#279	179	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#253	213	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#191	294	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#166	348	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#165	346	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#122	496	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#106	596	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#122	507	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#113	556	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#323	124	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#848	31	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#152	15	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#242	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#162	16	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#121	25	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#146	18	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#91	35	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#131	22	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#112	28	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	29	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	26	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	27	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	25	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#246	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #91, first reached in 2012.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 596 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 25 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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Ololade · #2407, 12y
Oluchi · #620, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Carson · #91, 30y
Cerys · #91, 29y
Vinnie · #91, 29y
Bronte · #92, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Carson · #91, 30y
Cerys · #91, 29y
Taj · #91, 18y
Vinnie · #91, 29y

Olly was ranked #91 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2012. 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.

Olly 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 Olly without appearing here.

Olly moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #3225.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1084 and #2538.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Olly

Braxton Compare
In 2024 they stood at #520 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #577.
Kasper Compare
In 2020 they stood at #335 and #406 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #425 and #326.
Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #121 and #126 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #162 and #88.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #171 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #242 and #178.

Moved the opposite way to Olly

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Olly

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Olly went from #2097 to #622 and Archie from #108 to #10.

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 4 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Olly

Olly at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olly across 3 official records

Olly by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Olly appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Olly at a glance

Olly across 3 official records

Olly by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Olly appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Olly

Olly and the names beside it

Olly moved ahead of

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