Arthur or Oliver

Oliver is the more popular boy name in Canada, #6 to #18 in 2024. Arthur is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #5 to #6 in 2025. Oliver is the more popular boy name in the USA, #3 to #105 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Arthur on its own page Oliver on its own page

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Arthur against Oliver, in that place's most recent complete year.ArthurOliver#1#50#100#250Canada#18 → #6 ↑12England and Wales#5 → #6 ↓1USA#105 → #3 ↑102Alberta#30 → #2 ↑28British Columbia#38 → #1 ↑37Ontario#50 → #4 ↑46Quebec#7 → #123 ↓116
PlaceYear Arthur Oliver Ahead
Canada2024#18#6Oliver
England and Wales2025#5#6Arthur
USA2024#105#3Oliver
Alberta2024#30#2Oliver
British Columbia2024#38#1Oliver
Ontario2024#50#4Oliver
Quebec2024#7#123Arthur

Arthur and Oliver in Canada, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #26 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in Canada. Oliver stood at #6 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada.

Arthur and Oliver ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#6 Oliver#18 Arthur20202021202220232024

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Arthur and Oliver in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Arthur slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2025 in England and Wales. Oliver slipped from #1 in 2020 to #6 in 2025 in England and Wales. Arthur passed Oliver in 2025.

Arthur and Oliver ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#10#5 Arthur#6 Oliver202020212022202320242025

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Arthur and Oliver in the USA, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #163 in 2020 to #105 in 2024 in the USA. Oliver held #3 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA.

Arthur and Oliver ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#3 Oliver#105 Arthur20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Arthur
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More head-to-heads with Oliver
Adam or OliverAlfie or OliverArchie or OliverArlo or OliverAsher or OliverBenjamin or OliverDaniel or OliverElijah or OliverEthan or OliverEzra or OliverFinley or OliverFreddie or OliverGeorge or OliverHarry or OliverHenry or OliverHudson or OliverJack or OliverJacob or OliverJames or OliverJude or OliverLeo or OliverLevi or OliverLiam or OliverLogan or OliverLuca or OliverLucas or OliverMateo or OliverMichael or OliverMiles or OliverMohammed or OliverMuhammad or OliverNathan or OliverNoah or OliverOliver or OscarOliver or OwenOliver or RoryOliver or SamuelOliver or SebastianOliver or TheoOliver or TheodoreOliver or ThomasOliver or WilliamOliver or WyattOliver or Zorawar

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.