Olga

#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1916 · 1,685 births
Debut · girls
50 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
61,872
since 1880

Olga over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Olga has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #126, 1916girls
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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#3,16750
2024#3,22549
2023#3,04754
2022#3,03354
2021#2,95856
2020#2,96654
2019#3,27248
2018#3,05053
2017#2,87358
2016#3,37947
2015#2,84661
2014#2,32379
2013#3,00555
2012#2,18986
2011#2,76363
2010#2,87060
2009#1,822118
2008#1,685132
2007#1,877111
2006#1,709122
2005#1,553131
2004#1,459139
2003#1,439137
2002#1,282153
2001#1,161179
2000#1,237160
1999#1,033197
1998#1,183157
1997#1,145163
1996#967198
1995#1,035176
1994#832242
1993#822241
1992#830241
1991#841239
1990#782258#8,1175
1989#738266#7,9055
1988#731256#7,2705
1987#777228#6,9515
1986#750231#6,7215
1985#698250
1984#672253
1983#661260
1982#624288
1981#586314
1980#572324
1979#613288
1978#557313
1977#551321#5,8455
1976#493367
1975#494366
1974#454401#4,6346
1973#459400#3,6948
1972#494360
1971#472421
1970#507392
1969#490394#4,4045
1968#457446
1967#460422
1966#468409
1965#479393#3,9305
1964#448477
1963#435498
1962#419543#4,0335
1961#414550#4,0655
1960#385607
1959#401548
1958#425488
1957#384562
1956#377547
1955#354601
1954#340624
1953#352576
1952#339589
1951#328587
1950#333538
1949#355490
1948#328571#3,6685
1947#367481#3,7335
1946#362438
1945#400313
1944#376352
1943#384359
1942#382346#2,5239
1941#369333#3,5055
1940#353333
1939#336356#3,1136
1938#319386#3,5345
1937#329362#3,5185
1936#306388
1935#321385#2,9517
1934#280482#2,7428
1933#271512
1932#249613
1931#231674#3,7635
1930#221774#3,2897
1929#206897#2,58910
1928#206934#2,8439
1927#1861,101#3,1518
1926#1831,157
1925#1861,173
1924#1651,462#4,3475
1923#1691,366#3,8226
1922#1561,535#3,5327
1921#1531,572
1920#1461,590#4,2865
1919#1371,687
1918#1411,691
1917#1311,655
1916#1261,685#3,8975
1915#1301,532#3,8255
1914#1361,107#2,6517
1913#148810
1912#154696
1911#162489
1910#180381
1909#168359
1908#173345
1907#178314
1906#169317
1905#177288
1904#168298
1903#173281
1902#161321
1901#168273
1900#155376
1899#155292
1898#155329
1897#133364
1896#134355
1895#139329
1894#142303
1893#150262
1892#134301
1891#148237
1890#157225
1889#156194
1888#166172
1887#162153
1886#154151
1885#168121
1884#17999
1883#18681
1882#20864
1881#28331
1880#21550
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Olga was already there! It came in at #215, and was given to 50 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.

See more about Olga
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#3,225#3,167)
  • 201 spots since 2020 (#2,966#3,167)
  • 321 spots since 2015 (#2,846#3,167)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1882 (#283#208)
  • Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1995 (#832#1,035)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1916 at #126 (1,685 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 116 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 620
  • Highest: 1 in 620 girls born in 1916 were named Olga (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Olga (12,787) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,116#154 (1886)#188
1890s2,997#133 (1897)#145
1900s3,172#155 (1900)#169
1910s11,733#126 (1916)#145
1920s12,787#146 (1920)#176
1930s4,932#221 (1930)#286
1940s4,016#328 (1948)#368
1950s5,660#328 (1951)#363
1960s4,739#385 (1960)#446
1970s3,629#454 (1974)#509
1980s2,670#572 (1980)#681
1990s2,112#782 (1990)#947
2000s1,382#1,161 (2001)#1,522
2010s610#2,189 (2012)#2,857
2020s317#2,958 (2021)#3,066

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.

Olga in 1888

girls
#166
172 births · 1 in 1,039 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #166Olga172
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 1,039 of them was named Olga, which outranked 88.7% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olga
  1. #163Bertie179
  2. #163Lucille179
  3. #165Winifred176
  4. #166Olga172
  5. #166Rena172
  6. #168Luella171
  7. #168Sophie171
  8. #170Christine170

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. 535Zilpha#1,147#612
  2. 511Eudora#1,147#636
  3. 478Lorraine#1,036#558
  4. 457Dillie#1,147#690
  5. 457Leanna#1,147#690
Fallers
  1. 643Anabel#633#1,276
  2. 583Tennessee#693#1,276
  3. 576Diana#560#1,136
  4. 576Hope#560#1,136
  5. 550Margaretha#586#1,136

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

See the top 100 for 1888