girls:
21 births since 1982
#5695 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1924
#2879 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1924
#5856 (24th percentile)
The name Olivier is the #5,856 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,907 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 24.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,879 (37.2% percentile) for all time with 1,886 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #5,695 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 1982.
Olivier first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Olivier is available in 64 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (64 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Olivier has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.9% of babies named Olivier were boys.
For boys, Olivier reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 8.3% percentile (ranked #808) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 38 births per million (ranked 8.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Olivier ranks #859 for boys (5.7% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 81.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Olivier reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #957) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Olivier ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Olivier".
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Our model has identified 25 different pronunciations for the name Olivier. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 11.8% confident that Olivier is pronounced as oh-LIH-vee-ay, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-LEE-vee-er, at 9.8% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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