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Olivier

#2,559 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Oliver

Olivier has been given to 2,010 babies in the U.S. since 1924. In 2025 it ranked #2,559 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 78 recorded.

Babies named Olivier, 2025

1 in 63,800

Olivier over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Olivier: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Oliver

French

What Olivier means

Olivier is a form of Oliver.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Olivier → Oliver. The family’s proposed meaning is “ancestral + relic”, recorded in English with the source elements Óleifr.

Origin, language, and formation

Olivier is used in English and French. Its origins include French.

Olivier comes through French Olivier.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Oliver.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Olivier is pronounced /ɔ.li.vje/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,989 boys were recorded with the name Olivier between 1924 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 78 in 2011; its best national rank was #1,832 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,683 in 2020 to #2,559 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,884 in 2015 to #2,559 in 2025.

In the United States, 21 girls were recorded with the name Olivier between 1982 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2022; its best national rank was #11,750 in 1982.

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 Olivier?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 63,800
52 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 32,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,559
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
44,191 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Olivier 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 44,191 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Olivier. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oliviers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Olivier was born before 2009 — so the typical Olivier is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,979
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Choose a decade

2010s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (661).

Is Olivier 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
+141
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+124
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−675
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2011 (78)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,832
2011

Spellings of Olivier

Olivier is not the most common spelling — Oliver is, with 99.0% against Olivier's 0.73%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Olivier is used

Across 2016–2025, Olivier was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 25,257 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 14,286
  2. 2Florida1 in 16,667
  3. 3New York1 in 16,667
  4. 4California1 in 25,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in 50,000
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 50,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Olivier around the world

Where Olivier 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
    1996–2025
    #976
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2007–2019
    #365
    in 2019
  • Ireland
    2005–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #854
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #483
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #148
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1961–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Olivier by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,559
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 124
Best rank ever
#1,832
2011
Peak year
2011
78 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,989
Count in 2025
52

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,750
1982
Peak year
2022
6 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
21
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Olivier

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

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Sibling names for Olivier

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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