Oliver
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver. Borrowed from English Oliver.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Oliver (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Oliver has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 476 |
| 1999 | 476 |
| 2000 | 494 |
| 2001 | 559 |
| 2002 | 647 |
| 2003 | 633 |
| 2004 | 627 |
| 2005 | 653 |
| 2006 | 601 |
| 2007 | 649 |
| 2008 | 669 |
| 2009 | 684 |
| 2010 | 725 |
| 2011 | 669 |
| 2012 | 596 |
| 2013 | 708 |
| 2014 | 637 |
| 2015 | 626 |
| 2016 | 594 |
| 2017 | 658 |
| 2018 | 611 |
| 2019 | 565 |
| 2020 | 576 |
| 2021 | 574 |
| 2022 | 575 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 3,822 |
| 2000 | – | 4,302 |
| 2001 | – | 4,874 |
| 2002 | – | 5,507 |
| 2003 | – | 6,128 |
| 2004 | – | 6,751 |
| 2005 | – | 7,382 |
| 2006 | – | 7,995 |
| 2007 | – | 8,651 |
| 2008 | – | 9,394 |
| 2009 | – | 10,098 |
| 2010 | – | 10,852 |
| 2011 | – | 11,501 |
| 2012 | – | 12,119 |
| 2013 | – | 12,823 |
| 2014 | – | 13,467 |
| 2015 | – | 14,125 |
| 2016 | 11 | 14,751 |
| 2017 | 14 | 15,429 |
| 2018 | 18 | 16,078 |
| 2019 | 22 | 16,653 |
| 2020 | 22 | 17,263 |
Oliver in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Oliver.Hi! My name is Oliver.
- Oliver har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Oliver has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Oliver i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Oliver this afternoon.
- Olivers mamma är lärare.Oliver's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Olivers mamma is Oliver's mum.
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Questions about Oliver
How do you pronounce Oliver in Swedish?
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What does the name Oliver mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver. Borrowed from English Oliver.
How popular is Oliver in Sweden?
575 babies were named Oliver in 2022. In 2020, 17,285 people in Sweden had Oliver as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.