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Oliver

Oliver: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“olive tree”
Origin
French
Say it
OL-ih-ver · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Oliver was used in medieval French and English, traditionally associated with the olive tree and Latin oliva. Its exact early development is complex, but the olive association is standard.

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How popular is Oliver?

20244,617 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Oliver in 202415,368

2024 rank#3 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880255,607

Oliver is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Oliver

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ollieolive tree · English
  • Beauhandsome · French
  • Calvinbald · French
  • Louisfamous warrior · French
  • Granttall; large · French
  • Saintholy person; saint · French
  • Russelllittle red-haired one · French
  • Travisto cross · French

Oliver questions

What does the name Oliver mean?

Oliver means "olive tree". It comes from French. Oliver was used in medieval French and English, traditionally associated with the olive tree and Latin oliva. Its exact early development is complex, but the olive association is standard.

Is Oliver a boy or girl name?

Oliver is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Oliver?

15,368 US babies were named Oliver in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Oliver?

Oliver is usually pronounced OL-ih-ver.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.