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Olivander
OriginCompound name, Oliver plus Alexander, Latin and Greek
Meaning"olive tree and defending men"
US Rank#5340
2025 SSA
About Olivander
Olivander is a new and rising smoosh names for boys, a mashup of Oliver and Alexander. While it sidesteps the popularity of those two classic boy names, the result is not really better than the sum of its parts.
Though still rare, Olivander increased nearly 2000 places in rank in the US last year, so its appeal is obviously widespread and growing.
Garrick Ollivander is the wandmaker in the Harry Potter books.
Pronounced ah-LIV-an-der.
As of October 2026, Olivander ranked #5340 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4570 in 2023.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,570 | 23 | 13.4 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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