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Oli

#6,063 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly ancestral + relic, through Oliver

Oli has been given to 157 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #6,063 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 16 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Oli, 2025

1 in 221,000

Oli over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Oli over time

In 2025, Oli went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20092025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Oli: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly ancestral + relic, through Oliver

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oli means

Oli belongs to the name family reached through Oli → Oliver. Its meaning is “ancestral + relic”.

Origin, language, and formation

Oli is used in English and Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Oliver and Olivér.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Oli is pronounced [ˈoli].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 140 boys were recorded with the name Oli between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2023; its best national rank was #5,850 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,366 in 2020 to #6,063 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,523 in 2015 to #6,063 in 2025.

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Oli between 2020 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2023; its best national rank was #14,712 in 2023.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Oli?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,063
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Oli sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oli was born before 2021 — so the typical Oli is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
58.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
140
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 58.6% of all recorded uses (82).

Is Oli rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+41
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,303
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,460
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.67×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
93.8%
Peak was 2023 (16)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,850
2023

Oli around the world

Where Oli ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #1,226
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2019–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • France
    2022–2024
    #4,052
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Oli by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,063
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,303
Best rank ever
#5,850
2023
Peak year
2023
16 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
140
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,712
2023
Peak year
2023
6 that year
First recorded
2020
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Oli

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Oli

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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