UK boy's name
Oliver-James
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Oliver-James is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Oliver-James popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1675, with 15 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 29 births.
This profile covers 316 England and Wales registrations across 20 recorded years from 2004 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 52% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 317 living people in the UK are called Oliver-James. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Oliver-James ranked #1675 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 15 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 29 boys were registered as Oliver-James.
- • Oliver-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #720 in 2021.
- • About 317 living people in the UK are estimated to have Oliver-James as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1675
2024
Births in 2024
15
Latest year
Peak year
2017
29 births
Estimated living
317
2026
Popularity
Oliver-James over time
The chart below shows babies named Oliver-James registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2004 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Oliver-James, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 15 births in 2024, compared with 29 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Oliver-James by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Oliver-James was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1864 | 64 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1191 | 227 | 10 |
| 2000s | #3229 | 25 | 5 |
Geography
Where Oliver-James is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Oliver-James. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Oliver-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #720 in 2021.
Across the UK
Oliver-James in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#720 in 2021
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Oliver-James
- Oliver 157,197
- Oscar 67,495
- Owen 33,517
- Ollie 13,193
- Oakley 9,838
- Omar 6,823
- Otis 6,395
- Oskar 4,827
- Olly 4,403
- Otto 3,839
- Osian 3,145
- Owain 2,310
FAQ
Oliver-James: questions and answers
How popular is the name Oliver-James in the UK right now?
In 2024, Oliver-James was ranked #1675 for boys in England and Wales, with 15 births registered.
When was Oliver-James most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 29 babies registered as Oliver-James in England and Wales.
How many people are called Oliver-James in the UK?
A total of 316 babies have been registered as Oliver-James across the 20 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Oliver-James most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Oliver-James ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #720 in 2021. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.