girls' name ★ peaked 2014

Olivia

Meaning olive; olive branch Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1 Trend ↓ Falling 17%

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”).

Rank 2025
#1
among girls · unchanged vs 2024
Babies in 2025
13,554
named Olivia · -8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 119
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2014
19,863 babies
All-time total
568,136
#51 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Olivia popularity over time

568,136 babies have been named Olivia since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
3.757.511.251518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 618 – 618 62 – #215
1890s 1,099 – 1,099 110 +78% #240
1900s 1,575 – 1,575 158 +43% #241
1910s 3,545 – 3,545 355 +125% #264
1920s 4,982 25 5,007 501 +41% #280
1930s 3,922 31 3,953 395 -21% #296
1940s 7,201 17 7,218 722 +83% #245
1950s 6,100 6 6,106 611 -15% #275
1960s 4,016 – 4,016 402 -34% #442
1970s 7,846 38 7,884 788 +96% #196
1980s 14,060 76 14,136 1,414 +79% #122
1990s 75,913 125 76,038 7,604 +438% #20
2000s 156,054 235 156,289 15,629 +106% #3
2010s 184,561 168 184,729 18,473 +18% #1
2020s (to 2025) 95,853 70 95,923 15,987 -13% #1

Where Olivia is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 13,131 8.17 #3
2027 12,789 7.96 #3
2028 12,506 7.78 #6
2029 12,270 7.63 #6
2030 12,073 7.51 #6

Where Olivia is most popular

Girls named Olivia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 9.63 per 1,000. Strongest in Wyoming, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Olivia born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Wyoming 93 21.8 +126%
New Hampshire 348 18.8 +96%
Rhode Island 233 18.6 +93%
Hawaii 207 18.1 +87%
Delaware 202 17.8 +85%
Alaska 146 17.0 +76%
Nevada 775 16.7 +73%
Maine 248 16.0 +66%
Vermont 77 15.9 +65%
Connecticut 922 15.8 +64%
North Dakota 198 15.1 +56%
Montana 200 14.8 +53%
District of Columbia 175 14.8 +53%
Idaho 486 14.5 +51%
Massachusetts 1,708 14.1 +47%
New Mexico 336 13.8 +43%
Oklahoma 1,010 13.7 +42%
Arkansas 724 13.7 +42%
Arizona 1,900 13.5 +41%
Florida 5,643 13.2 +37%
Kansas 760 13.2 +37%
Washington 1,885 13.0 +35%
South Dakota 184 12.9 +34%
Utah 1,071 12.9 +34%
West Virginia 335 12.8 +33%
Colorado 1,425 12.8 +33%
New Jersey 2,263 12.5 +30%
Alabama 1,177 12.5 +30%
Oregon 815 12.5 +30%
Illinois 2,863 12.5 +30%
Nebraska 449 12.5 +30%
California 10,309 12.3 +27%
Missouri 1,438 11.9 +24%
Iowa 689 11.8 +22%
South Carolina 1,060 11.8 +22%
Louisiana 1,019 11.6 +21%
Pennsylvania 2,719 11.5 +19%
Mississippi 534 11.4 +18%
Virginia 1,932 11.3 +18%
Maryland 1,193 11.3 +17%
Texas 8,972 11.2 +16%
Wisconsin 1,121 10.9 +13%
North Carolina 2,451 10.8 +12%
New York 4,258 10.8 +12%
Georgia 2,425 10.7 +11%
Tennessee 1,689 10.7 +11%
Kentucky 907 10.6 +10%
Minnesota 1,123 10.4 +8%
Michigan 1,831 10.1 ≈ national
Ohio 2,318 9.77 ≈ national
Indiana 1,316 9.37 ≈ national

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Olivia

Olivia is a top-10 name for girls in the United States, ranked #1 in 2025 with 13,544 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 568,136 American babies have been named Olivia. Its peak came in 2014, when 19,863 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Olivia stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Olivia?

The median living Olivia is about 15 years old; half are between 8 and 24. An estimated 545 thousand people named Olivia are alive in the United States today.

median 15 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Olivia year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 13,544 #1 10 #8,067
2024 14,772 #1 16 #5,833
2023 15,329 #1 6 #11,874
2022 16,670 #1 16 #5,805
2021 17,847 #1 9 #8,652
2020 17,691 #1 13 #6,537
2019 18,577 #1 12 #7,066
2018 18,061 #2 9 #8,638
2017 18,778 #2 12 #6,992
2016 19,414 #2 16 #5,719
2015 19,729 #2 9 #8,529
2014 19,840 #2 23 #4,356
2013 18,454 #3 24 #4,145
2012 17,333 #4 18 #5,197
2011 17,335 #4 17 #5,368
2010 17,040 #4 28 #3,779
2009 17,444 #3 18 #5,251
2008 17,088 #4 31 #3,545
2007 16,589 #7 17 #5,368
2006 15,508 #7 17 #5,244
2005 15,700 #5 23 #4,025
2004 16,108 #4 73 #1,745
2003 16,154 #5 22 #3,936
2002 14,631 #10 17 #4,650
2001 13,977 #10 11 #6,324
2000 12,855 #16 6 #9,984
1995 7,627 #39 12 #5,032
1990 4,626 #72 15 #3,910
1985 1,025 #248 – –
1980 1,116 #229 5 #6,993
1975 1,049 #232 9 #3,855
1970 349 #542 – –
1965 441 #456 – –
1960 483 #442 – –
1955 604 #351 – –
1950 770 #275 – –
1945 621 #278 – –
1940 540 #269 – –
1935 365 #332 6 #3,543
1930 402 #328 8 #3,212
1925 527 #293 5 #4,716
1920 523 #287 – –
1915 372 #302 – –
1910 211 #266 – –
1905 153 #265 – –
1900 167 #251 – –
1895 117 #262 – –
1890 85 #271 – –
1885 59 #261 – –
1880 44 #235 – –

Famous people named Olivia

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde American actress and filmmaker (born 1984) Contemporary
  2. 2 Olivia Colman Olivia Colman British actress (born 1974) Contemporary
  3. 3 Olivia Cooke Olivia Cooke British actress (born 1993) Contemporary
  4. 4 Olivia Munn Olivia Munn American actress (born 1980) Contemporary
  5. 5 Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John British–Australian singer (1948–2022) Contemporary
  6. 6 Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland British actress (1916–2020) Contemporary
  7. 7 Olivia Thirlby Olivia Thirlby American actress (born 1986) Contemporary
  8. 8 Olivia Culpo Olivia Culpo American model (born 1992) Contemporary
  9. 9 Olivia Hussey Olivia Hussey British actress (1951–2024) Contemporary
  10. 10 Olivia Williams Olivia Williams British actress (born 1968) Contemporary
  11. 11 Olivia Holt Olivia Holt American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1997) Contemporary
  12. 12 Olivia d'Abo Olivia d'Abo British actress (born 1969) Contemporary
  13. 13 Olivia Olson Olivia Olson American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1992) Contemporary
  14. 14 Olivia Palermo Olivia Palermo American socialite, fashion influencer, and entrepreneur b. 1986 · Contemporary
  15. 15 Olivia Hack Olivia Hack American actress (born 1983) Contemporary
  16. 16 Olivia Olivia American R&B singer b. 1981 · Contemporary
  17. 17 Olivia Cole Olivia Cole American actress (1942–2018) Contemporary
  18. 18 Olivia Jordan Olivia Jordan American actress, model and TV host b. 1988 · Contemporary
  19. 19 Olivia Manning Olivia Manning British writer and poet (1908–1980) Contemporary
  20. 20 Olivia Lufkin Olivia Lufkin Japanese singer (born 1979) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Olivia, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Olivia?

The median living Olivia is about 15 years old. Half of all living Olivias are between 8 and 24 years old.

How many people named Olivia are alive today?

An estimated 545 thousand people named Olivia are alive in the United States, based on 568,136 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Olivia mean?

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”).

How popular is the name Olivia in 2025?

Olivia ranked #1 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 13,544 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Olivia?

568,136 babies have been named Olivia in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Olivia most popular?

Olivia peaked in 2014, when 19,863 newborns received the name.

Is Olivia a boy or girl name?

Olivia is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Olivia rising or falling?

Olivia is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Olivia become more popular?

Olivia is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 12,073 girls named Olivia in 2030, which would rank around #6. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Olivia?

Well-known people named Olivia include Olivia Wilde (actor), Olivia Colman (actor), Olivia Cooke (actor).

Names like Olivia

Names that sound and feel close to Olivia: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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