Mostly girls · peaked in 1887
Ollie name popularity since 1925
28,785 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ollie (61.1% girls, 38.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1942 or earlier, so the typical Ollie is about 84 years old in 2026. Ollie peaked in 1887 as the #97 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,785
- Named Ollie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1887
- #97 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,294 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 61.1% girls
- 17,595 girls · 11,190 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 10.23× its national share
Peak year is the year Ollie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ollie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Ollie peaked earlier, in 1887.
- Steepest fall: Between 1948 and 1953, Ollie's share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 4,820 to 1 in 8,830.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ollie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ollie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ollie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,816 | 1,430 | – |
| 1930s | 5,319 | 2,122 | #267 |
| 1940s | 3,774 | 1,901 | #375 |
| 1950s | 2,093 | 1,355 | #651 |
| 1960s | 760 | 871 | #1,418 |
| 1970s | 300 | 539 | #2,859 |
| 1980s | 152 | 340 | #5,271 |
| 1990s | 104 | 233 | #6,926 |
| 2000s | 154 | 262 | #12,723 |
| 2010s | 574 | 940 | #3,020 |
| 2020–25 | 549 | 1,197 | #2,294 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.2% of babies named Ollie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Ollie is most popular
The index compares Ollie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ollie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 10.23× | 2,830 |
| Arkansas | 5.94× | 1,394 |
| Alabama | 5.26× | 2,127 |
| Kentucky | 3.77× | 1,442 |
| South Carolina | 3.50× | 1,119 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ollie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ollie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ollie (1887).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data