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Compare two names

Births, rank and thirty years of history for any two names in England and Wales, on one shared scale, from the ONS. The example is Olive and Olivia.

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Olive and Olivia

In 2025, Olivia (2,386 babies) was about 2.7 times as common as Olive (892). Olivia has been more common in every year both names are in the list.

Olive (girls)Olivia (girls)One shared scale, babies per year
Olive and Olivia side by side
OliveOlivia
Babies in 20258922,386
Rank in 202547th1st
1 in X, 2025†1 in 3191 in 119
Change since 2020†+75%-34%
Change since 2005†+3,468%-44%
Peak892 (2025)5,325 (2008)
Best rank47th (2025)1st (2008)
Total, 1996 to 2025†7,707125,491

Names are counted by exact spelling. ONS does not group spellings, so similar names (for example Olive and Olivia) are different names and are not added together. Years with fewer than 3 babies are dotted, never drawn as zero.

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Last reviewed: 12 October 2026