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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedMNIllinois: #265 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedWIMichigan: #272 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,614 girlsMINew York: #167 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,048 girlsNYMassachusetts: #202 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,144 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedINOhio: #389 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,622 girlsOHPennsylvania: #187 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,394 girlsPANew Jersey: #187 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,478 girlsNJConnecticut: #154 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,025 girlsCTCalifornia: #191 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,006 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedMOKentucky: #463 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,458 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedWVVirginia: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,281 girlsVAMaryland: #250 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,300 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedDEArizona: #84 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 283 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #400 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,557 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,158 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #355 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,592 girlsLAMississippi: #448 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,270 girlsMSAlabama: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,890 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedHITexas: #100 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 469 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Olga, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#84 · 1 in 283
  2. Texas#100 · 1 in 469
  3. Connecticut#154 · 1 in 1,025
  4. New York#167 · 1 in 1,048
  5. Pennsylvania#187 · 1 in 1,394

Best ever in a state: #5 in Alaska, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#84131 in 283
Texas#1001221 in 469
Connecticut#15491 in 1,025
New York#167791 in 1,048
New Jersey#187161 in 1,478
Pennsylvania#187511 in 1,394
California#191341 in 1,006
Massachusetts#202131 in 2,144
Maryland#25051 in 2,300
Illinois#265221 in 2,248
Michigan#272141 in 2,614
Virginia#32071 in 3,281
Louisiana#35581 in 2,592
Ohio#38981 in 5,622
South Carolina#38951 in 4,158
North Carolina#40081 in 4,557
Mississippi#44851 in 4,270
Alabama#45161 in 4,890
Kentucky#46351 in 5,458
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1934

girls
#280
482 births · 1 in 2,166 girls
boys
#2,742
8 births · 1 in 129,075 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #280Olga482

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,742Olga8
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 2,166 of them was named Olga, which outranked 94.4% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olga
  1. #277Nelda493
  2. #278Willa486
  3. #279Mavis485
  4. #280Olga482
  5. #281Joanna480
  6. #282Gayle476
  7. #283Lavonne469
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 129,075 of them was named Olga, which outranked 34.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olga
  1. #2,563Wenzel9
  2. #2,563Westly9
  3. #2,563Windle9
  4. #2,742Olga8
  5. #2,742Adin8
  6. #2,742Agnes8
  7. #2,742Albion8
  8. #2,973Abbie7
  9. #2,973Agostino7
  10. #2,973Alcee7

Tied with 230 names at #2,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →