Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: GreekOlivia 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
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Olivia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Olivia's chart tells a less obvious story than its current #1 ranking suggests. Births actually peaked in 2014 at 19,836 and have fallen 26% over the past decade, down to 14,718 in 2024. It holds the top spot not because it's still climbing but because names in general have spread across a wider field of choices, so the #1 name today needs a smaller share of the total than it did a generation ago.
Olivia has been given to American girls in every decade since the SSA started counting in 1880, which is unusual longevity for a name with no single film, show, or celebrity tied to its rise. Judi Dench, Olivia de Havilland, and Olivia Rodrigo are all connected to the name but from different eras and different fields entirely, which is more likely a symptom of the name's staying power than a cause of it.
The practical case for Olivia hasn't really changed: three syllables that read as formal on paper, a soft opening sound, and a built-in nickname (Liv, Ollie) for parents who want options later. That combination of stability and flexibility is probably why it's held the #1 rank since 2019 even as the raw count declines.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 44 | #235 |
| 1881 | 51 | #215 |
| 1882 | 52 | #240 |
| 1883 | 46 | #268 |
| 1884 | 54 | #267 |
| 1885 | 59 | #261 |
| 1886 | 72 | #242 |
| 1887 | 69 | #253 |
| 1888 | 71 | #276 |
| 1889 | 100 | #234 |
| 1890 | 85 | #271 |
| 1891 | 66 | #311 |
| 1892 | 101 | #264 |
| 1893 | 107 | #259 |
| 1894 | 127 | #240 |
| 1895 | 117 | #262 |
| 1896 | 114 | #270 |
| 1897 | 131 | #247 |
| 1898 | 141 | #251 |
| 1899 | 110 | #274 |
| 1900 | 167 | #251 |
| 1901 | 126 | #259 |
| 1902 | 130 | #273 |
| 1903 | 130 | #272 |
| 1904 | 157 | #250 |
| 1905 | 153 | #265 |
| 1906 | 181 | #241 |
| 1907 | 171 | #263 |
| 1908 | 181 | #263 |
| 1909 | 179 | #270 |
| 1910 | 211 | #266 |
| 1911 | 191 | #283 |
| 1912 | 285 | #264 |
| 1913 | 287 | #279 |
| 1914 | 340 | #285 |
| 1915 | 372 | #302 |
| 1916 | 446 | #283 |
| 1917 | 476 | #285 |
| 1918 | 466 | #296 |
| 1919 | 471 | #295 |
| 1920 | 523 | #287 |
| 1921 | 502 | #294 |
| 1922 | 536 | #280 |
| 1923 | 528 | #281 |
| 1924 | 501 | #299 |
| 1925 | 527 | #293 |
| 1926 | 466 | #308 |
| 1927 | 499 | #299 |
| 1928 | 442 | #311 |
| 1929 | 458 | #312 |
| 1930 | 402 | #328 |
| 1931 | 380 | #327 |
| 1932 | 399 | #320 |
| 1933 | 370 | #326 |
| 1934 | 359 | #330 |
| 1935 | 365 | #332 |
| 1936 | 381 | #311 |
| 1937 | 393 | #312 |
| 1938 | 445 | #299 |
| 1939 | 428 | #296 |
| 1940 | 540 | #269 |
| 1941 | 587 | #265 |
| 1942 | 742 | #253 |
| 1943 | 694 | #267 |
| 1944 | 730 | #245 |
| 1945 | 621 | #278 |
| 1946 | 728 | #268 |
| 1947 | 857 | #255 |
| 1948 | 848 | #261 |
| 1949 | 854 | #259 |
| 1950 | 769 | #275 |
| 1951 | 665 | #304 |
| 1952 | 694 | #305 |
| 1953 | 620 | #333 |
| 1954 | 645 | #335 |
| 1955 | 604 | #351 |
| 1956 | 536 | #386 |
| 1957 | 521 | #403 |
| 1958 | 557 | #388 |
| 1959 | 489 | #435 |
| 1960 | 484 | #442 |
| 1961 | 435 | #467 |
| 1962 | 428 | #466 |
| 1963 | 448 | #460 |
| 1964 | 425 | #471 |
| 1965 | 442 | #456 |
| 1966 | 334 | #516 |
| 1967 | 347 | #510 |
| 1968 | 324 | #530 |
| 1969 | 348 | #526 |
| 1970 | 349 | #542 |
| 1971 | 335 | #543 |
| 1972 | 345 | #504 |
| 1973 | 360 | #489 |
| 1974 | 507 | #400 |
| 1975 | 1,049 | #232 |
| 1976 | 1,233 | #196 |
| 1977 | 1,105 | #225 |
| 1978 | 1,312 | #199 |
| 1979 | 1,254 | #210 |
| 1980 | 1,116 | #229 |
| 1981 | 1,024 | #245 |
| 1982 | 1,127 | #228 |
| 1983 | 1,089 | #228 |
| 1984 | 1,166 | #222 |
| 1985 | 1,025 | #248 |
| 1986 | 1,234 | #215 |
| 1987 | 1,700 | #166 |
| 1988 | 2,141 | #134 |
| 1989 | 2,439 | #122 |
| 1990 | 4,628 | #72 |
| 1991 | 5,602 | #61 |
| 1992 | 5,811 | #58 |
| 1993 | 6,343 | #50 |
| 1994 | 6,432 | #50 |
| 1995 | 7,626 | #39 |
| 1996 | 8,125 | #34 |
| 1997 | 9,479 | #27 |
| 1998 | 10,610 | #21 |
| 1999 | 11,257 | #20 |
| 2000 | 12,855 | #16 |
| 2001 | 13,977 | #10 |
| 2002 | 14,630 | #10 |
| 2003 | 16,154 | #5 |
| 2004 | 16,108 | #4 |
| 2005 | 15,699 | #5 |
| 2006 | 15,507 | #7 |
| 2007 | 16,588 | #7 |
| 2008 | 17,087 | #4 |
| 2009 | 17,443 | #3 |
| 2010 | 17,037 | #4 |
| 2011 | 17,334 | #4 |
| 2012 | 17,332 | #4 |
| 2013 | 18,453 | #3 |
| 2014 | 19,836 | #2 |
| 2015 | 19,726 | #2 |
| 2016 | 19,409 | #2 |
| 2017 | 18,777 | #2 |
| 2018 | 18,055 | #2 |
| 2019 | 18,569 | #1 |
| 2020 | 17,682 | #1 |
| 2021 | 17,841 | #1 |
| 2022 | 16,654 | #1 |
| 2023 | 15,313 | #1 |
| 2024 | 14,718 | #1 |
