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Ollie

Gender
Boy
Say it
OL-ee
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#109 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,056 for boys

Big in Northern Ireland

Ollie is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “olive tree”. In 2025 it ranked 109th for boys in the UK (538 babies) and 1,056th for boys in the US (207 babies).

What does Ollie mean?

Latin: pet form of Oliver, also of Olivia and Olive

“olive tree”

A pet form of Oliver that is now also given as a name in its own right.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ollie a girl's or a boy's name?

Ollie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 538 boys in the UK and 80 girls and 207 boys in the US.

How popular is Ollie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#109among boys
Babies in 2025
538about 1 in 560 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
2.5%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 538 boys in the UK were named Ollie, making it the 109th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 73rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 1,272 boys. 3 girls were also named Ollie in 2025 (5,990th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Ollie than any year since 2008.

Half of all the boys named Ollie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 633 boys in the UK were given Ollie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #103, up from #109 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 123rd in England and Wales, 56th in Scotland and 40th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#74).

1996Busiest: 1,272 in 20102025
Ollie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025538#109
2024705#84
2023620#96
2022683#89
2021805#80
2020853#73
2019945#71
2018880#84
20171,000#75
20161,184#59
20151,111#66
20141,085#68
2013960#74
20121,063#74
20111,079#67
20101,272#65
2009560#120
2008395#157
2007271#196
2006206#225
2005164#238
2004134#280
200372#398
200264#408
200143#524
200027#728
199926#717
199816#980
19975#2,109
19968#1,506

How popular is Ollie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,056among boys
Babies in 2025
207about 1 in 8,300 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 207 boys in the US were named Ollie, making it the 1,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,153rd. Its busiest year was 1919, with 369 boys. 80 girls were also named Ollie in 2025 (2,276th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Ollie in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 245 boys in the US were given Ollie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #877, up from #1,056 for this spelling alone.

In 1880, 74% of the babies named Ollie in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 28%, with more boys than girls since 2007.

1880Busiest: 369 in 19192025
Ollie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025207#1,056
2024211#1,047
2023199#1,080
2022217#1,022
2021195#1,085
2020168#1,153
2019148#1,265
2018151#1,228
2017121#1,429
2016103#1,585
2015122#1,406
201474#1,944
201364#2,089
201260#2,184
201144#2,698
201053#2,374
200941#2,893
200849#2,541
200725#4,009
200618#4,861
200527#3,524
200417#4,788
200322#3,833
200222#3,789
200120#3,968
200021#3,758
199914#4,756
199820#3,593
199710#5,636
199619#3,543
199525#2,842
199429#2,551
199334#2,252
199223#2,903
199117#3,456
199042#1,835
198935#2,022
198824#2,432
198735#1,826
198625#2,224
198535#1,723
198425#2,097
198339#1,533
198237#1,621
198141#1,499
198044#1,432
197937#1,570
197843#1,410
197740#1,450
197644#1,333
197556#1,127
197450#1,171
197355#1,093
197274#929
197171#965
197069#968
196956#1,027
196874#844
196787#782
196680#812
196567#897
196494#779
196383#829
1962106#744
1961107#743
1960117#719
1959110#729
1958126#677
1957107#721
1956131#664
1955144#619
1954137#629
1953141#610
1952150#568
1951146#565
1950163#527
1949193#476
1948175#497
1947170#520
1946195#455
1945174#450
1944196#436
1943201#443
1942236#393
1941163#464
1940198#409
1939170#435
1938196#405
1937217#374
1936201#386
1935202#382
1934184#413
1933218#366
1932229#366
1931245#355
1930260#352
1929249#358
1928268#347
1927285#340
1926315#319
1925313#322
1924292#341
1923292#343
1922263#370
1921291#346
1920292#341
1919369#274
1918336#300
1917295#311
1916295#302
1915288#298
1914232#293
1913225#251
1912167#275
1911109#245
1910114#217
190999#215
190884#227
190796#201
190695#190
190599#184
1904100#182
190379#198
1902110#160
190181#178
1900109#188
189978#180
189888#178
189792#167
189693#173
189590#175
189480#184
189399#150
1892115#142
189196#141
189087#163
188976#176
188876#197
188768#183
188681#171
188577#172
188481#174
188361#193
188278#173
188145#224
188063#195

Names like Ollie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Archie Charlie Leo Louie Otto Otis Harley Reuben Ellis Leon Harvey Henry

Other spellings of Ollie

Olly Oli Olli

Names related to Ollie

Ellie Allie

More Latin names

Oliver Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ollie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ollie, updated 20 October 2026.