as a First Name
Pet form of Oliver, associated particularly with the comic film actor Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), the rotund partner of Stan Laurel. It now has some currency as an independent given name.
| 1,275th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 21,840
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 35,526
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Ollie per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
69%
31%
90%
55+
55+
10%
30-54
30-54
0.28%
13-29
13-29
0.06%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map