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Baby name
Oliver
Boy
Origin of the name
Oliver is the name of Roland's faithful companion in the Song of Roland. It probably comes from the Latin oliva, “olive tree.” Oliver Cromwell bore it.
Rising name
269,903births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 3rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Oliver are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Oliver is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Oliver is most common in Utah (2.1 times), Nevada (2) and Alaska (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Olivier 1,989
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