Oliver
Pronounced AA1 L AH0 V ER0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Oliver?
Oliver is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 256,248 children — the 149th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 15,385 children were given it.
Olliver is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Oliver and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Olliver
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AA1 L AH0 V ER0 · AA1 L IH0 V ER0
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Oliver
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Oliver
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Oliver?
- Oliver ranks 149th among boys' names in US records, with 256,248 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 140,162.
- Is Oliver a unisex name?
- No. Oliver is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Oliver most popular?
- 2024, when 15,385 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Oliver spelled?
- Olliver. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.