Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Oliver

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Oliver
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2024

Peak rank proxy

15,343

Current vitality

Strong

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20242024

Peak year

2024

Decline from peak

2024

15,343

All-time

254,854

Oliver has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2024, when 15,343 boys were named Oliver.

In 2024, only 15,343 boys were given the name.

All told, about 254,854 Americans have been named Oliver and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMass culture

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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