Ollie
#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births · #1,056 for boys in 2025, 207 births
Given to girls 70.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 411 births
- Debut · girls
- 183 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 41,641since 1880
Ollie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,276 | 80 | #1,056 | 207 |
| 2024 | #2,231 | 84 | #1,047 | 211 |
| 2023 | #1,878 | 106 | #1,080 | 199 |
| 2022 | #1,992 | 98 | #1,022 | 217 |
| 2021 | #2,186 | 85 | #1,085 | 195 |
| 2020 | #1,965 | 96 | #1,153 | 168 |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | #1,265 | 148 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | #1,228 | 151 |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | #1,429 | 121 |
| 2016 | #2,643 | 66 | #1,585 | 103 |
| 2015 | #3,001 | 57 | #1,406 | 122 |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 | #1,945 | 74 |
| 2013 | #3,367 | 47 | #2,090 | 64 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 | #2,185 | 60 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #2,375 | 53 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #1,840 | 42 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #1,829 | 35 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #1,534 | 39 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #1,500 | 41 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #1,432 | 44 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 | #1,570 | 37 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #1,450 | 40 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #1,333 | 44 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #1,127 | 56 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #1,171 | 50 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #1,093 | 55 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | #929 | 74 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | #965 | 71 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | #968 | 69 |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | #1,027 | 56 |
| 1968 | #1,812 | 43 | #844 | 74 |
| 1967 | #1,428 | 60 | #782 | 87 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 | #812 | 80 |
| 1965 | #1,407 | 61 | #897 | 67 |
| 1964 | #1,334 | 71 | #779 | 94 |
| 1963 | #1,180 | 86 | #829 | 83 |
| 1962 | #1,090 | 99 | #744 | 106 |
| 1961 | #1,023 | 113 | #744 | 107 |
| 1960 | #862 | 144 | #720 | 117 |
| 1959 | #854 | 143 | #730 | 110 |
| 1958 | #850 | 144 | #678 | 126 |
| 1957 | #777 | 167 | #722 | 107 |
| 1956 | #711 | 182 | #665 | 131 |
| 1955 | #646 | 207 | #620 | 144 |
| 1954 | #644 | 204 | #630 | 137 |
| 1953 | #608 | 213 | #611 | 141 |
| 1952 | #559 | 240 | #569 | 150 |
| 1951 | #485 | 289 | #566 | 146 |
| 1950 | #467 | 304 | #528 | 163 |
| 1949 | #450 | 314 | #477 | 193 |
| 1948 | #422 | 352 | #497 | 175 |
| 1947 | #445 | 341 | #520 | 170 |
| 1946 | #428 | 326 | #455 | 195 |
| 1945 | #374 | 355 | #450 | 174 |
| 1944 | #340 | 406 | #436 | 196 |
| 1943 | #351 | 416 | #443 | 201 |
| 1942 | #347 | 408 | #393 | 236 |
| 1941 | #316 | 433 | #464 | 163 |
| 1940 | #307 | 423 | #409 | 198 |
| 1939 | #303 | 415 | #435 | 170 |
| 1938 | #294 | 451 | #405 | 196 |
| 1937 | #290 | 456 | #374 | 217 |
| 1936 | #275 | 483 | #386 | 201 |
| 1935 | #266 | 529 | #382 | 202 |
| 1934 | #256 | 590 | #413 | 184 |
| 1933 | #253 | 574 | #366 | 218 |
| 1932 | #253 | 606 | #366 | 229 |
| 1931 | #261 | 553 | #355 | 245 |
| 1930 | #241 | 662 | #352 | 260 |
| 1929 | #230 | 681 | #358 | 249 |
| 1928 | #228 | 754 | #347 | 268 |
| 1927 | #229 | 779 | #340 | 285 |
| 1926 | #229 | 778 | #319 | 315 |
| 1925 | #226 | 824 | #322 | 313 |
| 1924 | #225 | 850 | #341 | 292 |
| 1923 | #224 | 830 | #343 | 292 |
| 1922 | #214 | 915 | #370 | 263 |
| 1921 | #209 | 912 | #346 | 291 |
| 1920 | #205 | 950 | #341 | 292 |
| 1919 | #195 | 976 | #274 | 369 |
| 1918 | #201 | 956 | #300 | 336 |
| 1917 | #202 | 911 | #311 | 295 |
| 1916 | #193 | 925 | #302 | 295 |
| 1915 | #194 | 855 | #298 | 288 |
| 1914 | #177 | 765 | #293 | 232 |
| 1913 | #172 | 669 | #251 | 225 |
| 1912 | #163 | 644 | #275 | 167 |
| 1911 | #157 | 521 | #245 | 109 |
| 1910 | #150 | 538 | #217 | 114 |
| 1909 | #147 | 481 | #215 | 99 |
| 1908 | #152 | 447 | #227 | 84 |
| 1907 | #142 | 462 | #201 | 96 |
| 1906 | #134 | 458 | #190 | 95 |
| 1905 | #130 | 486 | #184 | 99 |
| 1904 | #130 | 456 | #182 | 100 |
| 1903 | #123 | 460 | #198 | 79 |
| 1902 | #130 | 428 | #160 | 110 |
| 1901 | #113 | 462 | #178 | 81 |
| 1900 | #113 | 585 | #188 | 109 |
| 1899 | #127 | 383 | #180 | 78 |
| 1898 | #115 | 459 | #178 | 88 |
| 1897 | #113 | 455 | #167 | 92 |
| 1896 | #117 | 409 | #173 | 93 |
| 1895 | #110 | 446 | #175 | 90 |
| 1894 | #107 | 452 | #184 | 80 |
| 1893 | #103 | 459 | #150 | 99 |
| 1892 | #103 | 441 | #142 | 115 |
| 1891 | #103 | 376 | #141 | 96 |
| 1890 | #104 | 392 | #163 | 87 |
| 1889 | #104 | 366 | #176 | 76 |
| 1888 | #96 | 411 | #197 | 76 |
| 1887 | #96 | 338 | #183 | 68 |
| 1886 | #103 | 318 | #171 | 81 |
| 1885 | #98 | 305 | #172 | 77 |
| 1884 | #103 | 275 | #174 | 81 |
| 1883 | #101 | 249 | #193 | 61 |
| 1882 | #105 | 218 | #173 | 78 |
| 1881 | #109 | 169 | #224 | 45 |
| 1880 | #107 | 183 | #195 | 63 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ollie was already there! It came in at #107, and was given to 183 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1991, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Ollie is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#80 · 1 in 320
- Arkansas#100 · 1 in 397
- Georgia#107 · 1 in 448
- South Carolina#107 · 1 in 465
- Louisiana#117 · 1 in 484
Best ever in a state: #55 in Arkansas, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #80 | 74 | 1 in 320 |
| Arkansas | #100 | 51 | 1 in 397 |
| Georgia | #107 | 73 | 1 in 448 |
| South Carolina | #107 | 47 | 1 in 465 |
| Louisiana | #117 | 49 | 1 in 484 |
| Alabama | #122 | 69 | 1 in 478 |
| Kentucky | #127 | 53 | 1 in 554 |
| Oklahoma | #147 | 38 | 1 in 654 |
| Tennessee | #147 | 44 | 1 in 635 |
| Virginia | #148 | 38 | 1 in 683 |
| Florida | #156 | 23 | 1 in 690 |
| North Carolina | #156 | 49 | 1 in 799 |
| Texas | #194 | 68 | 1 in 891 |
| West Virginia | #208 | 16 | 1 in 1,273 |
| Missouri | #214 | 22 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Indiana | #328 | 7 | 1 in 3,745 |
| Kansas | #344 | 5 | 1 in 3,011 |
| Ohio | #364 | 12 | 1 in 4,582 |
| Illinois | #391 | 12 | 1 in 4,926 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 45 spots since 2024 (#2,231 → #2,276)
- 311 spots since 2020 (#1,965 → #2,276)
- 725 spots since 2015 (#3,001 → #2,276)
- Biggest jump: 23 spots in 1948 (#445 → #422)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1961 (#862 → #1,023)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #96 (411 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1887–1888
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 432
- Highest: 1 in 432 girls born in 1887 were named Ollie (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #96 in 1888, was only 1 in 435 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 19.9% of all girls named Ollie (8,273) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
- Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,832 | #96 (1888) | #102 |
| 1890s | 4,272 | #103 (1893) | #110 |
| 1900s | 4,725 | #113 (1900) | #131 |
| 1910s | 7,760 | #150 (1910) | #180 |
| 1920s | 8,273 | #205 (1920) | #222 |
| 1930s | 5,319 | #241 (1930) | #269 |
| 1940s | 3,774 | #307 (1940) | #378 |
| 1950s | 2,093 | #467 (1950) | #660 |
| 1960s | 760 | #862 (1960) | #1,391 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,989 (1972) | #2,705 |
| 1980s | 152 | #4,148 (1980) | #5,165 |
| 1990s | 104 | #6,264 (1993) | #8,367 |
| 2000s | 154 | #5,279 (2008) | #8,088 |
| 2010s | 574 | #2,090 (2019) | #3,299 |
| 2020s | 549 | #1,878 (2023) | #2,088 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ollie in 1927
girls
#229
779 births · 1 in 1,531 girls
boys
#340
285 births · 1 in 3,954 boys
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 1,531 of them was named Ollie, which outranked 95.9% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 3,954 of them was named Ollie, which outranked 92.9% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).