Olli
Olli is a Dutch children's book character and a stuffed toy. The character Olli was created in 2004 by Dutch designer and film director Hein Mevissen along with writer Diederiekje Bok as a character for a bottled mineral water. Olli was one of the many characters used on the packages and posters of the bottled water brand and John's Phone. Olli was launched at a party of MTV In Rotterdam in 2004.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Olli
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Olli is a Dutch children's book character and a stuffed toy. The character Olli was created in 2004 by Dutch designer and film director Hein Mevissen along with writer Diederiekje Bok as a character for a bottled mineral water. Olli was one of the many characters used on the packages and posters of the bottled water brand and John's Phone. Olli was launched at a party of MTV In Rotterdam in 2004.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
Origin & history
The Story of Olli
As a girl name
American parents first put Olli on the record books as a girl name in 2017, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 5 Ollis were born — ranking #15,899 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2017 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5 Ollis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Olli as a boy name dates back to 2015, when 7 babies received it. 2020 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Olli — #8,731 in the national rankings. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 61% of all recorded Ollis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 49 Ollis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Olli
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Olli. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Olli
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About the name Olli
Olli is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 49 births in the dataset. Olli's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #8,731. Use the chart and map above to compare Olli's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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