Oliver

Meaning and origin of Oliver

Popularity of Oliver in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Oliver has been stable (+3.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Oliver every 31 schools.

Oliver in English-speaking countries

Oliver ranks 2^nd in New Zealand, 3^rd in British Columbia (Canada) and 3^rd in England and Wales, against 488^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  2^nd boys’ name711 babies in 3 years1 boy in 69−3.7% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  3^rd boys’ name588 babies in 3 years1 boy in 76+1.8% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  6^th boys’ name766 babies in 3 years1 boy in 78−2.3% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  3^rd boys’ name10,202 babies in 3 years1 boy in 81−5.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  11^th boys’ name309 babies in 3 years1 boy in 82−3.4% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  3^rd boys’ name1,754 babies in 3 years1 boy in 97+1.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  3^rd boys’ name45,127 babies in 3 years1 boy in 114+2.3% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  22^nd boys’ name600 babies in 3 years1 boy in 120−0.5% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Oliver, Olivér and Óliver are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Olivérabroad
• Óliverabroad

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Oliver

• Joris
• Aurélien
• Juliann
• Titouan
• Lilian
• Hippolyte
• Matthieu
• Julio
• Archibald
• Fabio
• Célian
• Stanislas

See also

• →French names of Latin origin
• →French names of Germanic origin