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How popular is the name Olly?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ollies are alive today.
Olly (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Ollie in England and Wales, ranked 668th in 2025 with 54 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 596 babies were given the name, the 106th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 9% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ollie you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Ollies born in England and Wales are between 8 and 15, and there are at least 18,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 5.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Ollie.
How many babies are named Olly each year?
Includes all spellings: Olly, Ollie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Olly spelling rank?
Where does the Ollie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Olly most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ollie, peaked in 2010, when 1,686 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Olly spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 596 babies.
How many people are called Olly?
At least 18,000 people named Olly in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Olly?
Most living Ollies are between 8 and 15; the most common age is about 15.
Is Olly becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.