Olivia

#1 for girls in 2025, 13,544 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2019 · 18,577 births
Debut · girls
44 births
In top 100 · girls
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
567,345
since 1880

Olivia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #1, 2019girls
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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#113,544#7,67910
2024#114,772#5,65916
2023#115,329#10,8216
2022#116,670#5,63316
2021#117,847#8,1669
2020#117,691#6,29613
2019#118,577#6,77712
2018#218,061#8,1549
2017#218,778#6,68512
2016#219,414#5,55516
2015#219,729#8,0409
2014#219,840#4,26323
2013#318,454#4,06424
2012#417,333#5,03518
2011#417,335#5,20017
2010#417,040#3,70828
2009#317,444#5,10218
2008#417,088#3,48631
2007#716,589#5,21017
2006#715,508#5,07217
2005#515,700#3,94123
2004#416,108#1,73173
2003#516,154#3,83822
2002#1014,631#4,50217
2001#1013,977#6,01311
2000#1612,855#9,1126
1999#2011,257#3,98618
1998#2110,610#4,19716
1997#279,479#4,96012
1996#348,126#4,87812
1995#397,627#4,79112
1994#506,432#5,45210
1993#506,343#6,8167
1992#585,811#4,11414
1991#615,602#5,5219
1990#724,626#3,77915
1989#1222,440#2,24530
1988#1342,142#4,7869
1987#1661,700#3,95911
1986#2151,235#5,3327
1985#2481,025
1984#2221,165#4,9737
1983#2281,088
1982#2281,126
1981#2451,023#4,9617
1980#2291,116#6,2505
1979#2101,253#5,3556
1978#1991,312#5,7725
1977#2251,105#4,5827
1976#1961,232#4,9356
1975#2321,049#3,6599
1974#399507#5,2275
1973#489360
1972#504344
1971#542335
1970#542349
1969#525348
1968#528325
1967#510347
1966#516334
1965#456441
1964#471426
1963#460448
1962#465429
1961#467435
1960#442483
1959#434489
1958#387557
1957#403521
1956#385536#3,5356
1955#350604
1954#335645
1953#333620
1952#304694
1951#304664
1950#275770
1949#259854
1948#261848
1947#254857
1946#268728
1945#277621
1944#245730#3,4305
1943#267694
1942#252742#3,2126
1941#265587#3,1336
1940#267540
1939#296428
1938#298445
1937#312393#3,5185
1936#310381
1935#331365#3,2526
1934#329359
1933#326370#3,6425
1932#319399
1931#327380#3,0957
1930#327402#3,0228
1929#312458#3,2477
1928#311442
1927#299499
1926#307466
1925#293527#4,1975
1924#299501#3,8676
1923#281528#3,4677
1922#279536
1921#294502
1920#286523
1919#295471
1918#296466
1917#284476
1916#283446
1915#302372
1914#285340
1913#278287
1912#264285
1911#283191
1910#266211
1909#268179
1908#262181
1907#262171
1906#239181
1905#265153
1904#250157
1903#272130
1902#273130
1901#257126
1900#250167
1899#273110
1898#251141
1897#245131
1896#267114
1895#261117
1894#237127
1893#256107
1892#264101
1891#31066
1890#27085
1889#233100
1888#27671
1887#25269
1886#24172
1885#25959
1884#26654
1883#26846
1882#23952
1881#21351
1880#23344
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Olivia was already there! It came in at #233, and was given to 44 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 60 girls a year got the name.

See more about Olivia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #1 since 2020
  • 1 spot since 2015 (#2#1)
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1975 (#399#232)
  • Biggest drop: 60 spots in 1966 (#456#516)
Rise & fade · girls
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2019 at #1 (18,577 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 90
  • Highest: 1 in 90 girls born in 2014 were named Olivia (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 119 girls born in 2025 (0.84%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 2019, was only 1 in 90 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Olivia (184,561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s618#213 (1881)#248
1890s1,099#237 (1894)#263
1900s1,575#239 (1906)#260
1910s3,545#264 (1912)#284
1920s4,982#279 (1922)#296
1930s3,922#296 (1939)#318
1940s7,201#245 (1944)#262
1950s6,100#275 (1950)#351
1960s4,016#442 (1960)#484
1970s7,846#196 (1976)#354
1980s14,060#122 (1989)#204
1990s75,913#20 (1999)#43
2000s156,054#3 (2009)#7
2010s184,561#1 (2019)#3
2020s95,853#1 (2021)#1

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.

Olivia in 1987

girls
#166
1,700 births · 1 in 1,023 girls
boys
#3,959
11 births · 1 in 169,726 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #166Olivia1,700

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #3,959Olivia11
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,023 of them was named Olivia, which outranked 98.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olivia
  1. #163Kaitlyn1,706
  2. #164Taylor1,705
  3. #165Jenny1,701
  4. #166Olivia1,700
  5. #167Kari1,670
  6. #168Priscilla1,648
  7. #169Ana1,647
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 169,726 of them was named Olivia, which outranked 51.4% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Olivia
  1. #3,731Zac12
  2. #3,731Zavier12
  3. #3,731Zvi12
  4. #3,959Olivia11
  5. #3,959Aakash11
  6. #3,959Abiel11
  7. #3,959Abrahm11
  8. #4,239Abdallah10
  9. #4,239Abisai10
  10. #4,239Able10

Tied with 279 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987