Oleander
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-lee-an-der
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
New arrival
Oleander is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “the oleander shrub”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Oleander mean?
English: English plant name, from Medieval Latin
“the oleander shrub”
From the name of a Mediterranean flowering shrub, famous for being both beautiful and poisonous.
Is Oleander a girl's or a boy's name?
Oleander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oleander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Oleander, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2021.
Half of all the boys named Oleander in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oleander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
Nicknames for Oleander
- Ollie 538 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Oleander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oliver Fletcher Miller Foster Porter Walker Wylder Otto Jasper Oscar Brewer Ledger
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oleander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oleander, updated 20 October 2026.