How many little Olivers do you know?

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Really struggling to come up with a boy's name that DH and I agree on. I have always loved Oliver but am hugely put off by its popularity having topped the names stats yet again for 2015. Despite the popularity, I don't actually know any young Olivers so wondered if I just live in a bubble. Are there several per class at school these days?

I just counted 8 Olivers that are children of my Facebook friends.

How many boys born in the year, and how many registered as Oliver? That would give you a good start on how common it is to actually know lol. 1 in 20? Doubt it. 1 in 100? 1 in 1000? Being top of the list doesn't mean every other child is called Oliver when their are thousands and thousands of boy's names registered in a year.

When I named dd1 her name wasn't even in the top 100. Three months later a d-lister used it for her dd and it has been top 10 ever since. I have still only known another two girls with the same name in 16 years. I know two Olivers. Both are 14. And I met one more in a vaccination clinic last year who was 6 mos. so three total. I was also at school with one who must be around 45 now. Four. In my (considerable) lifetime lol.

A big fat zero...how strange.
Can't move for Judes and Dylans tho

I know one.

My dd is 13 months. I've come across 6 Olivers now, I think, at various baby groups.

i live in on the border of wales/ england and have children in nurseries and schools, i dont know any, but think its a lovely name :)

I know one a few months old and one a few weeks old. But I know LOADS of kids so that proportion of 2 is tiny.

I know 6 amongst my friends children

I know 1.

I've heard it being called a lit though.

If you like the name go for it. I've got 2 kids with a top 5 name and I can honestly say it's never affected us.

I know 5 Olivers - oldest is 11, youngest is a newborn - and I don't know a huge amount of children. One is in dd1's class, 2 are in dd2's class, and 2 are children of friends.

In 2015, there were 697,852 live births in England and Wales, and 6,941 of those were named Oliver. So about 1% total, roughly 2% of boys.

2 Olivers and an Ollie at our nursery

How many do I actually know? Just two actually - one is a toddler and the other is an adult.

That said, I have met a few more children and babies called Oliver but just wouldn't say I know them.

It is a popular name I think, but it wouldn't necessarily put me off if I really loved it.

My Son Is Jack and when he was at Primary it was the number 1 name for boys for a few years and yet there was only 2 in his whole school . I rarely hear Jack here. It may just depend on the area you live. You could decide to call him something at number 100 on the list and there be another 2 in his class once he starts school and no Olivers ... Don't let it put you off .

It's so weird isn't it. Where are all of these Olivers hiding?!

Ducky's post at 20:04 has the answer there. If roughly 1% of all babies born in 2015 are Oliver's - only 1 in every 100 babies, or 1 in every 50 baby boys nationwide - then it's not surprising that most people only know a couple.

It'd be more common to have a typical school class of 30 kids with no Oliver's at all, than a school class with 2 or more Oliver's, based on that.

I know lots, the oldest is 26 and the youngest is 2.

I have an Oliver and in his school (he is in Year 4) there is only 2 in 300 children. I fully expected him to be in a class with at least one other but nope. I have no idea where all these Oliver's are hiding.

Just one my DS 10

None at all

I know lots. DD (11) had three in her class, DS (8) has one.

I know 3, all under age 8!

The only Olivers I know are 25 (my age) and about 17.

I don't know any little ones, but I don't actually know too many baby or toddler boys. Everyone seems to be having girls around me!

Three young ones, and one slightly older. It's quite popular.

Actually it's 4, there is also one on DC's class. She's in year 1. All the Oliver's are 5 or under.

Loads and loads and loads