Oliver or Theodore

Theodore is the more popular boy name in Canada, #3 to #6 in 2024. Oliver is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #6 to #9 in 2025. Oliver is the more popular boy name in the USA, #3 to #4 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Oliver on its own page Theodore 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 Oliver against Theodore, in that place's most recent complete year.OliverTheodore#1#50#100#250Canada#6 → #3 ↑3England and Wales#6 → #9 ↓3USA#3 → #4 ↓1Alberta#2 → #4 ↓2British Columbia#1 → #4 ↓3Ontario#4 → #3 ↑1Quebec#123 → #20 ↑103
PlaceYear Oliver Theodore Ahead
Canada2024#6#3Theodore
England and Wales2025#6#9Oliver
USA2024#3#4Oliver
Alberta2024#2#4Oliver
British Columbia2024#1#4Oliver
Ontario2024#4#3Theodore
Quebec2024#123#20Theodore

Oliver and Theodore in Canada, 2020–2024

Oliver stood at #6 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada. Theodore climbed from #11 in 2020 to #3 in 2024 in Canada. Theodore passed Oliver in 2021.

Oliver and Theodore ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#3 Theodore#6 Oliver20202021202220232024

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Oliver and Theodore in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Oliver slipped from #1 in 2020 to #6 in 2025 in England and Wales. Theodore climbed from #14 in 2020 to #9 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Oliver and Theodore ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#20#6 Oliver#9 Theodore202020212022202320242025

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Oliver and Theodore in the USA, 2020–2024

Oliver held #3 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA. Theodore climbed from #23 in 2020 to #4 in 2024 in the USA.

Oliver and Theodore ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#3 Oliver#4 Theodore20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Oliver
Adam or OliverAlfie or OliverArchie or OliverArlo or OliverArthur 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 ThomasOliver or WilliamOliver or WyattOliver or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with Theodore
Adam or TheodoreAlfie or TheodoreArchie or TheodoreArlo or TheodoreArthur or TheodoreAsher or TheodoreBenjamin or TheodoreCharles or TheodoreDaniel or TheodoreEdouard or TheodoreElijah or TheodoreEmile or TheodoreEthan or TheodoreEzra or TheodoreFinley or TheodoreFreddie or TheodoreGeorge or TheodoreHarry or TheodoreHenry or TheodoreHudson or TheodoreJack or TheodoreJacob or TheodoreJames or TheodoreJude or TheodoreJules or TheodoreLaurent or TheodoreLeo or TheodoreLevi or TheodoreLiam or TheodoreLogan or TheodoreLouis or TheodoreLuca or TheodoreLucas or TheodoreMateo or TheodoreMichael or TheodoreMiles or TheodoreMohammed or TheodoreMuhammad or TheodoreNathan or TheodoreNoah or TheodoreOscar or TheodoreOwen or TheodoreRaphael or TheodoreRory or TheodoreSamuel or TheodoreSebastian or TheodoreTheo or TheodoreTheodore or ThomasTheodore or WilliamTheodore or WyattTheodore 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.