Ollie

What Ollie means

Means “olive tree”

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

Source: Wiktionary, “Ollie” (revision 93442238), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ollie?

US: Rising: up from #1406 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #77 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1891, when 96 boys got the name (#141 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 8,252 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 660 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 255 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (0.57 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.46 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ollie is #1056 in the US and #123 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 72.1% of US babies named Ollie were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elie32 US
• Ellio10 US
• Ilie0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ollie

Boys

• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Niko#325Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Lionel#659“lion”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*

For a sister

• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Winifred#922Editor’s note Up from #1,437 in 2015 to #922 in 2025 in the US
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, Greek, Irish & Celtic, Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ollie’s. Rank is US 2025.