Olympia
#2,194 for girls in 2025, 84 births
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,644since 1897
Olympia over time
Rank among girls' names. Olympia has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,194 | 84 |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 |
| 2023 | #2,588 | 68 |
| 2022 | #2,510 | 71 |
| 2021 | #2,327 | 78 |
| 2020 | #2,468 | 70 |
| 2019 | #2,482 | 71 |
| 2018 | #2,478 | 71 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 |
| 1981 | #1,248 | 104 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 |
| 1975 | #1,713 | 55 |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 |
| 1973 | #1,788 | 48 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,181 | 42 |
| 1925 | #976 | 58 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,005 | 56 |
| 1922 | #1,030 | 53 |
| 1921 | #969 | 58 |
| 1920 | #1,021 | 53 |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 |
| 1917 | #849 | 65 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 |
| 1915 | #1,040 | 41 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Olympia! It came in at #1,094, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Olympia is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#426 · 1 in 3,490
- Massachusetts#598 · 1 in 6,324
- Florida#654 · 1 in 5,409
- Illinois#661 · 1 in 5,781
- Georgia#775 · 1 in 6,964
Best ever in a state: #214 in Connecticut, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #426 | 10 | 1 in 3,490 |
| Massachusetts | #598 | 5 | 1 in 6,324 |
| Florida | #654 | 10 | 1 in 5,409 |
| Illinois | #661 | 13 | 1 in 5,781 |
| Georgia | #775 | 5 | 1 in 6,964 |
| New York | #959 | 11 | 1 in 9,212 |
| Texas | #1,305 | 8 | 1 in 15,467 |
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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 Olympia
- 268 spots since 2024 (#2,462 → #2,194)
- 274 spots since 2020 (#2,468 → #2,194)
- 1,573 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #2,194)
- Biggest jump: 576 spots in 1913 (#1,477 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1919 (#937 → #1,216)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1917 at #849 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1917–1918
- Highest: 1 in 16,039 girls born in 1981 were named Olympia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,134 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #849 in 1917, was only 1 in 16,635 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.1% of all girls named Olympia (477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,287 |
| 1900s | 82 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,337 |
| 1910s | 348 | #849 (1917) | #1,120 |
| 1920s | 477 | #969 (1921) | #1,118 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,287 (1931) | #1,811 |
| 1940s | 118 | #1,981 (1942) | #2,763 |
| 1950s | 145 | #2,151 (1956) | #3,061 |
| 1960s | 131 | #2,874 (1968) | #4,009 |
| 1970s | 375 | #1,638 (1976) | #2,805 |
| 1980s | 396 | #1,248 (1981) | #2,906 |
| 1990s | 260 | #2,900 (1990) | #4,266 |
| 2000s | 207 | #4,949 (2004) | #6,004 |
| 2010s | 444 | #2,478 (2018) | #3,875 |
| 2020s | 444 | #2,194 (2025) | #2,425 |
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.
Olympia in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 16,039 of them was named Olympia, which outranked 89.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,239Rayna105
- #1,239Sharlene105
- #1,239Shaunna105
- #1,248Olympia104
- #1,248Brie104
- #1,248Carmela104
- #1,248Taina104
- #1,253Anika103
- #1,253Bessie103
- #1,253Juli103
Tied with 4 names at #1,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.