Olivia

#1 for girls in 2025, 13,544 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2019 · 18,577 births
Debut · girls
44 births
In top 100 · girls
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
567,345
since 1880

Olivia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #1, 2019girls
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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#113,544#7,67910
2024#114,772#5,65916
2023#115,329#10,8216
2022#116,670#5,63316
2021#117,847#8,1669
2020#117,691#6,29613
2019#118,577#6,77712
2018#218,061#8,1549
2017#218,778#6,68512
2016#219,414#5,55516
2015#219,729#8,0409
2014#219,840#4,26323
2013#318,454#4,06424
2012#417,333#5,03518
2011#417,335#5,20017
2010#417,040#3,70828
2009#317,444#5,10218
2008#417,088#3,48631
2007#716,589#5,21017
2006#715,508#5,07217
2005#515,700#3,94123
2004#416,108#1,73173
2003#516,154#3,83822
2002#1014,631#4,50217
2001#1013,977#6,01311
2000#1612,855#9,1126
1999#2011,257#3,98618
1998#2110,610#4,19716
1997#279,479#4,96012
1996#348,126#4,87812
1995#397,627#4,79112
1994#506,432#5,45210
1993#506,343#6,8167
1992#585,811#4,11414
1991#615,602#5,5219
1990#724,626#3,77915
1989#1222,440#2,24530
1988#1342,142#4,7869
1987#1661,700#3,95911
1986#2151,235#5,3327
1985#2481,025—
1984#2221,165#4,9737
1983#2281,088—
1982#2281,126—
1981#2451,023#4,9617
1980#2291,116#6,2505
1979#2101,253#5,3556
1978#1991,312#5,7725
1977#2251,105#4,5827
1976#1961,232#4,9356
1975#2321,049#3,6599
1974#399507#5,2275
1973#489360—
1972#504344—
1971#542335—
1970#542349—
1969#525348—
1968#528325—
1967#510347—
1966#516334—
1965#456441—
1964#471426—
1963#460448—
1962#465429—
1961#467435—
1960#442483—
1959#434489—
1958#387557—
1957#403521—
1956#385536#3,5356
1955#350604—
1954#335645—
1953#333620—
1952#304694—
1951#304664—
1950#275770—
1949#259854—
1948#261848—
1947#254857—
1946#268728—
1945#277621—
1944#245730#3,4305
1943#267694—
1942#252742#3,2126
1941#265587#3,1336
1940#267540—
1939#296428—
1938#298445—
1937#312393#3,5185
1936#310381—
1935#331365#3,2526
1934#329359—
1933#326370#3,6425
1932#319399—
1931#327380#3,0957
1930#327402#3,0228
1929#312458#3,2477
1928#311442—
1927#299499—
1926#307466—
1925#293527#4,1975
1924#299501#3,8676
1923#281528#3,4677
1922#279536—
1921#294502—
1920#286523—
1919#295471—
1918#296466—
1917#284476—
1916#283446—
1915#302372—
1914#285340—
1913#278287—
1912#264285—
1911#283191—
1910#266211—
1909#268179—
1908#262181—
1907#262171—
1906#239181—
1905#265153—
1904#250157—
1903#272130—
1902#273130—
1901#257126—
1900#250167—
1899#273110—
1898#251141—
1897#245131—
1896#267114—
1895#261117—
1894#237127—
1893#256107—
1892#264101—
1891#31066—
1890#27085—
1889#233100—
1888#27671—
1887#25269—
1886#24172—
1885#25959—
1884#26654—
1883#26846—
1882#23952—
1881#21351—
1880#23344—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Olivia was already there! It came in at #233, and was given to 44 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 60 girls a year got the name.

Where Olivia is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Olivia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #1 since 2020
  • 1 spot since 2015 (#2 → #1)
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1975 (#399 → #232)
  • Biggest drop: 60 spots in 1966 (#456 → #516)
Rise & fade · girls
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2019 at #1 (18,577 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 90
  • Highest: 1 in 90 girls born in 2014 were named Olivia (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 119 girls born in 2025 (0.84%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 2019, was only 1 in 90 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Olivia (184,561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s618#213 (1881)#248
1890s1,099#237 (1894)#263
1900s1,575#239 (1906)#260
1910s3,545#264 (1912)#284
1920s4,982#279 (1922)#296
1930s3,922#296 (1939)#318
1940s7,201#245 (1944)#262
1950s6,100#275 (1950)#351
1960s4,016#442 (1960)#484
1970s7,846#196 (1976)#354
1980s14,060#122 (1989)#204
1990s75,913#20 (1999)#43
2000s156,054#3 (2009)#7
2010s184,561#1 (2019)#3
2020s95,853#1 (2021)#1

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.

Olivia in 1906

girls
#239
181 births · 1 in 1,631 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #239Olivia181
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 1,631 of them was named Olivia, which outranked 89.2% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olivia
  1. #235Dollie184
  2. #237Dolores183
  3. #238Marcella182
  4. #239Olivia181
  5. #239Augusta181
  6. #239Maud181
  7. #242Dorothea178
  8. #242Sue178
  9. #244Eloise176

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →