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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #1, 2019girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #3 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 52 girlsAKMaine: #2 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 39 girlsMEVermont: #6 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 43 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #1 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 39 girlsNHWashington: #3 for girls · 428 births · 1 in 73 girlsWAIdaho: #1 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 56 girlsIDMontana: #3 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 55 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #1 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 42 girlsNDMinnesota: #1 for girls · 406 births · 1 in 61 girlsMNIllinois: #2 for girls · 830 births · 1 in 76 girlsILWisconsin: #1 for girls · 364 births · 1 in 67 girlsWIMichigan: #1 for girls · 661 births · 1 in 65 girlsMINew York: #3 for girls · 1,188 births · 1 in 80 girlsNYMassachusetts: #1 for girls · 514 births · 1 in 51 girlsMARhode Island: #2 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 37 girlsRIOregon: #2 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 68 girlsORNevada: #4 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 88 girlsNVWyoming: #8 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 52 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #8 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 69 girlsSDIowa: #2 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 63 girlsIAIndiana: #2 for girls · 465 births · 1 in 68 girlsINOhio: #3 for girls · 795 births · 1 in 68 girlsOHPennsylvania: #2 for girls · 804 births · 1 in 68 girlsPANew Jersey: #2 for girls · 562 births · 1 in 68 girlsNJConnecticut: #2 for girls · 236 births · 1 in 53 girlsCTCalifornia: #10 for girls · 1,562 births · 1 in 140 girlsCAUtah: #1 for girls · 269 births · 1 in 71 girlsUTColorado: #2 for girls · 323 births · 1 in 74 girlsCONebraska: #4 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 71 girlsNEMissouri: #2 for girls · 428 births · 1 in 65 girlsMOKentucky: #4 for girls · 280 births · 1 in 69 girlsKYWest Virginia: #5 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 62 girlsWVVirginia: #4 for girls · 444 births · 1 in 83 girlsVAMaryland: #2 for girls · 332 births · 1 in 74 girlsMDDelaware: #3 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 47 girlsDEArizona: #6 for girls · 300 births · 1 in 112 girlsAZNew Mexico: #2 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 90 girlsNMKansas: #4 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 79 girlsKSArkansas: #9 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 91 girlsARTennessee: #4 for girls · 374 births · 1 in 82 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #6 for girls · 452 births · 1 in 103 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #4 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 80 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 111 girlsDCOklahoma: #7 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 92 girlsOKLouisiana: #5 for girls · 243 births · 1 in 85 girlsLAMississippi: #8 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 96 girlsMSAlabama: #8 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 92 girlsALGeorgia: #4 for girls · 491 births · 1 in 103 girlsGAHawaii: #7 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 80 girlsHITexas: #9 for girls · 1,123 births · 1 in 148 girlsTXFlorida: #4 for girls · 830 births · 1 in 99 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#1 · 1 in 39
  2. North Dakota#1 · 1 in 42
  3. Massachusetts#1 · 1 in 51
  4. Idaho#1 · 1 in 56
  5. Minnesota#1 · 1 in 61

Best ever in a state: #1 in Delaware, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#11201 in 56
Massachusetts#15141 in 51
Michigan#16611 in 65
Minnesota#14061 in 61
New Hampshire#11001 in 39
North Dakota#1631 in 42
Utah#12691 in 71
Wisconsin#13641 in 67
Colorado#23231 in 74
Connecticut#22361 in 53
Illinois#28301 in 76
Indiana#24651 in 68
Iowa#22111 in 63
Maine#21001 in 39
Maryland#23321 in 74
Missouri#24281 in 65
New Jersey#25621 in 68
New Mexico#2891 in 90
Oregon#22311 in 68
Pennsylvania#28041 in 68
Rhode Island#2821 in 37
Alaska#3451 in 52
Delaware#3581 in 47
Montana#3541 in 55
New York#31,1881 in 80
Ohio#37951 in 68
Washington#34281 in 73
Florida#48301 in 99
Georgia#44911 in 103
Kansas#41751 in 79
Kentucky#42801 in 69
Nebraska#41161 in 71
Nevada#41301 in 88
South Carolina#42311 in 80
Tennessee#43741 in 82
Virginia#44441 in 83
Louisiana#52431 in 85
West Virginia#51091 in 62
Arizona#63001 in 112
North Carolina#64521 in 103
Vermont#6301 in 43
Hawaii#7421 in 80
Oklahoma#71881 in 92
Alabama#82171 in 92
Mississippi#81231 in 96
South Dakota#8441 in 69
Wyoming#8251 in 52
Arkansas#91301 in 91
Texas#91,1231 in 148
California#101,5621 in 140
District of Columbia#15271 in 111

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 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 2009

girls
#3
17,444 births · 1 in 105 girls
boys
#5,102
18 births · 1 in 110,199 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #5,102Olivia18
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 105 of them was named Olivia, which outranked 100.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olivia
  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 4,137Taraji#5,013#876
  2. 2,107Bristol#2,773#666
  3. 836Analia#1,167#331
  4. 773Harlow#1,677#904
  5. 610Maliah#1,405#795
Fallers
  1. 1,450Dayami#754#2,204
  2. 953Mareli#723#1,676
  3. 773Mylie#839#1,612
  4. 517Marely#334#851
  5. 515Hillary#722#1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 110,199 of them was named Olivia, which outranked 64.9% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olivia
  1. #4,922Zidane19
  2. #4,922Zorion19
  3. #4,922Zyier19
  4. #5,102Olivia18
  5. #5,102Abdurahman18
  6. #5,102Abrahim18
  7. #5,102Abriel18
  8. #5,334Aadil17
  9. #5,334Abrar17
  10. #5,334Adhrit17

Tied with 231 names at #5,102; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 951Knox#1,655#704
  2. 510Kellan#1,133#623
  3. 462Jaxen#1,329#867
  4. 422Bentley#936#514
  5. 354Archer#1,037#683
Fallers
  1. 493Yurem#995#1,488
  2. 222Cordell#786#1,008
  3. 212Shamar#926#1,138
  4. 201Trevin#797#998
  5. 198Glenn#865#1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009