# Olivier (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/olivier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,010 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,989 / 21 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,226, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Olivier. Doublet of Oliver.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,754 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,909 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,856 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,992 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 1,833 |
| 2012 | 67 | 2,061 |
| 2013 | 68 | 2,014 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,111 |
| 2015 | 78 | 1,884 |
| 2016 | 72 | 2,004 |
| 2017 | 50 | 2,556 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,096 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,412 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,684 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,483 |
| 2022 | 58 | 2,431 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,382 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2,700 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,559 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 325 |
| 2012 | 165 | 282 |
| 2013 | 136 | 314 |
| 2014 | 136 | 332 |
| 2015 | 117 | 373 |
| 2016 | 142 | 333 |
| 2017 | 108 | 403 |
| 2018 | 106 | 403 |
| 2019 | 95 | 429 |
| 2020 | 73 | 513 |
| 2021 | 74 | 526 |
| 2022 | 53 | 656 |
| 2023 | 52 | 672 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Olivier

- Olivier Giroud, French footballer (born 1986)
- Olivier Messiaen, French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)
- Olivier Panis, French racecar driver
- Olivier Assayas, French film director, screenwriter and film critic (born 1955)
- Olivier Boumal, Cameroonian association football player
- Olivier Martinez, French actor
- Olivier Dacourt, French footballer (born 1974)
- Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
- Olivier Weber, French writer
- Olivier Kapo, French footballer (born 1980)
- Olivier Ntcham, Cameroonian-French footballer (born 1996)
- Olivier Marchal, French actor and director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.