NameTides

Olly

Olly was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #668 in England & Wales.

Olly as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Olly as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Olly as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#7,194 (11)#668 (54)#316 (11)#344 (4)#676 (4)—
2024#7,257 (11)#622 (61)#246 (16)#305 (5)#520 (6)—
2023#7,738 (10)#561 (67)#267 (14)#249 (7)#396 (9)—
2022#9,823 (7)#548 (70)#217 (19)#285 (6)#407 (9)—
2021#5,776 (15)#425 (98)#164 (29)#295 (6)#279 (16)—
2020#6,620 (12)#335 (135)#152 (33)#152 (15)#294 (15)#2,746 (5)
2019#8,215 (9)#310 (155)#183 (28)#242 (8)#188 (29)—
2018#6,703 (12)#279 (179)#180 (28)#171 (14)#318 (13)—
2017#7,546 (10)#253 (213)#156 (37)#171 (14)#214 (26)—
2016#6,053 (14)#191 (294)#133 (46)#162 (16)#263 (18)—
2015#9,568 (7)#166 (348)#106 (61)#121 (25)#210 (26)—
2014#12,108 (5)#165 (346)#148 (40)#171 (15)#215 (27)—
2013—#122 (496)#110 (58)#146 (18)#223 (25)#2,305 (6)
2012—#106 (596)#86 (83)#91 (35)#227 (25)—
2011—#122 (507)#104 (65)#131 (22)#289 (16)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #5,776.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1941.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Olly is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 350,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OllyCanadaBoys—too few
OllyEngland & WalesBoys#66854
OllyIrelandBoys#6764
OllyNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
OllyScotlandBoys#31611
OllyUSGirls—too few
OllyUSBoys#7,19411