Ollie

Meaning: Olive tree
Origin: Latin — Short form of Olivia or Olive

Meaning: White footprint
Origin: Welsh — Short form of Olwen

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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#636 in Canada (2025) · #1,023 in Belgium (2025) · #5,927 in England & Wales (2025) · #6,424 in France (2025) · #1,533 in Sweden (2024) · #11,015 in Ecuador (2011).

Famous Ollies

Ollie Kirkby — American actress (1886–1964)
Ollie Josephine Prescott Baird Bennett — US Army officer and physician (1874–1957)
Ollie Gilbert — American folk musician (1892–1980)
Ollie Fitch — American-born Dutch actress (1880–1950)
Ollie Potter — American singer (1900–1953)

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 · Mable · Hollyn · Polly · Vesper · Allie

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