Olga

#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1916 · 1,685 births
Debut · girls
50 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
61,872
since 1880

Olga over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Olga has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #126, 1916girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,16750—
2024#3,22549—
2023#3,04754—
2022#3,03354—
2021#2,95856—
2020#2,96654—
2019#3,27248—
2018#3,05053—
2017#2,87358—
2016#3,37947—
2015#2,84661—
2014#2,32379—
2013#3,00555—
2012#2,18986—
2011#2,76363—
2010#2,87060—
2009#1,822118—
2008#1,685132—
2007#1,877111—
2006#1,709122—
2005#1,553131—
2004#1,459139—
2003#1,439137—
2002#1,282153—
2001#1,161179—
2000#1,237160—
1999#1,033197—
1998#1,183157—
1997#1,145163—
1996#967198—
1995#1,035176—
1994#832242—
1993#822241—
1992#830241—
1991#841239—
1990#782258#8,1175
1989#738266#7,9055
1988#731256#7,2705
1987#777228#6,9515
1986#750231#6,7215
1985#698250—
1984#672253—
1983#661260—
1982#624288—
1981#586314—
1980#572324—
1979#613288—
1978#557313—
1977#551321#5,8455
1976#493367—
1975#494366—
1974#454401#4,6346
1973#459400#3,6948
1972#494360—
1971#472421—
1970#507392—
1969#490394#4,4045
1968#457446—
1967#460422—
1966#468409—
1965#479393#3,9305
1964#448477—
1963#435498—
1962#419543#4,0335
1961#414550#4,0655
1960#385607—
1959#401548—
1958#425488—
1957#384562—
1956#377547—
1955#354601—
1954#340624—
1953#352576—
1952#339589—
1951#328587—
1950#333538—
1949#355490—
1948#328571#3,6685
1947#367481#3,7335
1946#362438—
1945#400313—
1944#376352—
1943#384359—
1942#382346#2,5239
1941#369333#3,5055
1940#353333—
1939#336356#3,1136
1938#319386#3,5345
1937#329362#3,5185
1936#306388—
1935#321385#2,9517
1934#280482#2,7428
1933#271512—
1932#249613—
1931#231674#3,7635
1930#221774#3,2897
1929#206897#2,58910
1928#206934#2,8439
1927#1861,101#3,1518
1926#1831,157—
1925#1861,173—
1924#1651,462#4,3475
1923#1691,366#3,8226
1922#1561,535#3,5327
1921#1531,572—
1920#1461,590#4,2865
1919#1371,687—
1918#1411,691—
1917#1311,655—
1916#1261,685#3,8975
1915#1301,532#3,8255
1914#1361,107#2,6517
1913#148810—
1912#154696—
1911#162489—
1910#180381—
1909#168359—
1908#173345—
1907#178314—
1906#169317—
1905#177288—
1904#168298—
1903#173281—
1902#161321—
1901#168273—
1900#155376—
1899#155292—
1898#155329—
1897#133364—
1896#134355—
1895#139329—
1894#142303—
1893#150262—
1892#134301—
1891#148237—
1890#157225—
1889#156194—
1888#166172—
1887#162153—
1886#154151—
1885#168121—
1884#17999—
1883#18681—
1882#20864—
1881#28331—
1880#21550—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Olga was already there! It came in at #215, and was given to 50 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.

Where Olga is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Olga
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #3,167)
  • 201 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #3,167)
  • 321 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #3,167)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1882 (#283 → #208)
  • Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1995 (#832 → #1,035)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1916 at #126 (1,685 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 116 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 620
  • Highest: 1 in 620 girls born in 1916 were named Olga (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Olga (12,787) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,116#154 (1886)#188
1890s2,997#133 (1897)#145
1900s3,172#155 (1900)#169
1910s11,733#126 (1916)#145
1920s12,787#146 (1920)#176
1930s4,932#221 (1930)#286
1940s4,016#328 (1948)#368
1950s5,660#328 (1951)#363
1960s4,739#385 (1960)#446
1970s3,629#454 (1974)#509
1980s2,670#572 (1980)#681
1990s2,112#782 (1990)#947
2000s1,382#1,161 (2001)#1,522
2010s610#2,189 (2012)#2,857
2020s317#2,958 (2021)#3,066

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Olga in 1897

girls
#133
364 births · 1 in 643 girls

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #133Olga364
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 643 of them was named Olga, which outranked 92.6% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olga
  1. #130Genevieve371
  2. #130Mable371
  3. #132Betty367
  4. #133Olga364
  5. #134Eula359
  6. #135Sylvia357
  7. #136Amanda354
Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 688Lupe#1,583 → #895
  2. ↑ 652Carl#1,583 → #931
  3. ↑ 652Dortha#1,583 → #931
  4. ↑ 652Judy#1,583 → #931
  5. ↑ 630Dagmar#1,416 → #786
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Myrta#707 → #1,555
  2. ↓ 848Ouida#707 → #1,555
  3. ↓ 712Jeanie#843 → #1,555
  4. ↓ 652Orrie#903 → #1,555
  5. ↓ 605Louetta#950 → #1,555

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →