Olympia

Where Olympia comes from

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Olympia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,094 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Peak, #849
    65 babies named Olympia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1929
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,370.
  4. 1931
    Olympia Dukakis born
    American actress
  5. 1947
    Olympia Snowe born
    American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.
Namesakes
  • Olympia Dukakis · American actress, 1931–2021
  • Olympia Snowe · American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine, born 1947
  • Olympia Fulvia Morata · Italian classical scholar, 1526–1555
  • Olympia Mancini · Italian noblewoman, 1638–1708
  • Olympia Brown · American suffragist and Universalist minister, 1835–1926

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.