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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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 1923

girls
#169
1,366 births · 1 in 883 girls
boys
#3,822
6 births · 1 in 182,684 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #169Olga1,366

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #3,822Olga6
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 883 of them was named Olga, which outranked 97.1% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olga
  1. #166Rosie1,395
  2. #167Claire1,392
  3. #168Erma1,389
  4. #169Olga1,366
  5. #170Susie1,332
  6. #171Eula1,307
  7. #172Laverne1,306
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 182,684 of them was named Olga, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olga
  1. #3,467Winfrey7
  2. #3,467Wolcott7
  3. #3,467Zygmunt7
  4. #3,822Olga6
  5. #3,822Abb6
  6. #3,822Able6
  7. #3,822Adams6
  8. #4,239Abdon5
  9. #4,239Ac5
  10. #4,239Add5

Tied with 416 names at #3,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923