Ollie

Ollie is a unisex given name: about 28% of people named Ollie are men and 72% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 28%Female 72%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 28% male / 72% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Netherlands
US births since 1880: 16,119 male / 40,921 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Ollie

To address Ollie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ollie," in English, "Guten Tag Ollie," in German. About 28% of people named Ollie are men and 72% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Ollie,

German

Guten Tag Ollie,

French

Bonjour Ollie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ollie:

Chinese

Ollie您好：

Japanese

Ollie様

English

Hi Ollie,

German

Hi Ollie,

French

Salut Ollie,

Spanish

Hola Ollie,

Chinese

Ollie你好：

Japanese

Ollieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Ollie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	unisex name	28%
Netherlands	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

16,119 male · 40,921 female · 57,040 births recorded

Male 28%Female 72%

Since 1980: 64% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ollie a male or female name?

Ollie is a unisex given name: about 28% of people named Ollie are men and 72% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ollie in an email?

Is Ollie a unisex name?

Ollie is not a unisex name: 28% of people named Ollie are men. Ollie leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Ollie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ollie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_ollie,
  title  = {Is Ollie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ollie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}