Ollie

Meaning: Olive tree planter, or ancestor's heir (disputed origin)
Origin: Variant of Oliver (from Latin/Germanic (disputed))

Girl's name · #2294 in the US (2025) · Comeback

31% girls · 69% boys — For most of its history Ollie was mostly a girls' name; since around 1965 most babies named Ollie have been boys. Ollie →

Popularity over time

Ollie was #96 in 1888, slipped to #12723 by 2005, and has climbed back to #2294 today. About 42,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,118 in Belgium (2025) · #535 in Canada (2024).

Famous Ollies

Ollie Kirkby — American actress (1886–1964)
Ollie Josephine Prescott Baird Bennett — US Army officer and physician (1874–1957)
Ollie Potter — American singer
Ollie Gilbert — American folk musician
Ollie Fitch — American-born Dutch actress

In stories & tradition

Ollie Reynolds — Emmerdale (TV series)
Ollie Wilson — Shadowhunters (TV series)

What Ollies become

Among 269 notable people named Ollie:

Similar names: Hollie · Nell · Hollyn · Polly · Henrietta · Tillie

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