Olivia

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva, olive. Both Oliva and Olivia were Latinate forms in use in English-speaking countries as early as the 13th century. Olive was in common use as a vernacular form.

From Wikipedia

Olivia first appears in the data in 1978 and has been recorded in 42 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 2,392 babies (rank #3 that year). In 2025 it was given to 860 girls (rank #4). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Olivia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Olivia yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

27,937
Total babies (all years)
42
Years in the data
2,392
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1978126#87
197997#93
198080#98
198190#93
198382#95
198888#95
1990164#77
1991266#40
1992255#40
1993271#40
1994309#31
1995334#29
1996340#31
1997413#22
1998540#10
1999794#6
2000743#6
2001668#9
2002669#9
2003785#4
2004779#7
2005907#4
2006551#5
2007526#6
2008563#4
2009563#4
2010586#4
2011559#4
2012544#4
2013558#2
2014748#1
20152,392#3
20162,335#5
2017969#2
2018897#3
20191,624#2
20201,272#3
2021914#1
2022767#4
20231,005#4
2024904#4
2025860#4