# Ollie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ollie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “olive tree”, “olive” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 59,267 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,626 / 41,641 (70% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,651, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

## What it means

Ollie is grouped under forest and olive.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,444 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,683 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3,398 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,835 |
| 2015 | 57 | 3,020 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,660 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,177 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,378 |
| 2019 | 90 | 2,101 |
| 2020 | 96 | 1,975 |
| 2021 | 85 | 2,206 |
| 2022 | 98 | 2,004 |
| 2023 | 106 | 1,886 |
| 2024 | 84 | 2,246 |
| 2025 | 80 | 2,294 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,728 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,199 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,108 |
| 2014 | 74 | 1,954 |
| 2015 | 122 | 1,412 |
| 2016 | 103 | 1,597 |
| 2017 | 121 | 1,430 |
| 2018 | 151 | 1,232 |
| 2019 | 148 | 1,270 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,157 |
| 2021 | 195 | 1,086 |
| 2022 | 217 | 1,024 |
| 2023 | 199 | 1,082 |
| 2024 | 211 | 1,047 |
| 2025 | 207 | 1,058 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2,023 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 933 | 73 |
| 2012 | 907 | 73 |
| 2013 | 800 | 80 |
| 2014 | 906 | 74 |
| 2015 | 873 | 77 |
| 2016 | 923 | 69 |
| 2017 | 788 | 86 |
| 2018 | 659 | 96 |
| 2019 | 708 | 85 |
| 2020 | 633 | 92 |
| 2021 | 613 | 96 |
| 2022 | 480 | 114 |
| 2023 | 448 | 114 |
| 2024 | 524 | 101 |
| 2025 | 412 | 123 |

## People named Ollie

- Ollie Watkins, English footballer (born 1995)
- Ollie Matson, American football player and sprinter (1930–2011)
- Ollie Murray James, American politician (1871–1918)
- Ollie Barbieri, English actor
- Ollie Kirkby, American actress (1886 – 1964)
- Ali-Ollie Woodson, American singer-songwriter (1951-2010)
- Ollie Hairs, English-born Scottish cricketer (born 1991)
- Ollie Pope, English cricketer (born 1998)
- Ollie Robinson, British cricketer (born 1993)
- Ollie Hancock, British racing driver
- Ollie Palmer, English association football player (born 1992)
- Ollie Halsall, English guitarist and vibraphone player (1949–1992)

## 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.