Olli
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OL-ee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Olli is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “ancestor's descendant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Olli mean?
Old Norse: Finnish pet form of Olavi (Olaf); in English short for Oliver
“ancestor's descendant”
A Finnish pet form of Olavi, the Finnish form of Olaf; English-speaking parents often use it for Oliver.
Is Olli a girl's or a boy's name?
Olli is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Olli, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Olli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 633 boys in the UK were given Olli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #103, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Olli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 39 | #837 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
Names like Olli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlie, Oliver, Eli, Oscar, Ali, Alfie, Isaac, Noah, Bobby, Mason, Leo, Harley
Other spellings of Olli
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Olli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olli, updated 20 October 2026.