Oliver or William

William is the more popular boy name in Canada, #5 to #6 in 2024. Oliver is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #6 to #25 in 2025. Oliver is the more popular boy name in the USA, #3 to #10 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Oliver on its own page William 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 William, in that place's most recent complete year.OliverWilliam#1#50#100#250Canada#6 → #5 ↑1England and Wales#6 → #25 ↓19USA#3 → #10 ↓7Alberta#2 → #6 ↓4British Columbia#1 → #10 ↓9Ontario#4 → #12 ↓8Quebec#123 → #4 ↑119
PlaceYear Oliver William Ahead
Canada2024#6#5William
England and Wales2025#6#25Oliver
USA2024#3#10Oliver
Alberta2024#2#6Oliver
British Columbia2024#1#10Oliver
Ontario2024#4#12Oliver
Quebec2024#123#4William

Oliver and William in Canada, 2020–2024

Oliver stood at #6 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada. William slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2024 in Canada.

Oliver and William ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#5 William#6 Oliver20202021202220232024

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Oliver and William in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Oliver slipped from #1 in 2020 to #6 in 2025 in England and Wales. William slipped from #20 in 2020 to #25 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Oliver and William ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#6 Oliver#25 William202020212022202320242025

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Oliver and William in the USA, 2020–2024

Oliver held #3 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA. William slipped from #5 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA.

Oliver and William ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#3 Oliver#10 William20202021202220232024

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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 TheodoreOliver or ThomasOliver or WyattOliver or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with William
Adam or WilliamArthur or WilliamAsher or WilliamBenjamin or WilliamCharles or WilliamDaniel or WilliamEdouard or WilliamElijah or WilliamEmile or WilliamEthan or WilliamEzra or WilliamHenry or WilliamHudson or WilliamJack or WilliamJacob or WilliamJames or WilliamJules or WilliamLaurent or WilliamLeo or WilliamLevi or WilliamLiam or WilliamLogan or WilliamLouis or WilliamLuca or WilliamLucas or WilliamMateo or WilliamMichael or WilliamMiles or WilliamMuhammad or WilliamNathan or WilliamNoah or WilliamOwen or WilliamRaphael or WilliamSamuel or WilliamSebastian or WilliamTheo or WilliamTheodore or WilliamThomas or WilliamWilliam or WyattWilliam 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.