Girls' name · since 1880
Olga
61,872 babies named Olga in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61,872
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
61,872 babies have been named Olga since 1880, making it today's #3168 girls' name.
Olga has 61,872 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3168 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #520 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,168 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 61,872 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olga ranks #520 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,168 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 61,872 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61,872
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Olga's 61,872 recorded births place it above 99.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Olga compares
61,872 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Olga's all-time total is 165x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Olga | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 61,872 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,691 | 21 | 19,840 |
Olga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Olga splits its recorded history at 1953: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1881 (31 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 1,691 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Olga popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 1,691
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Olga popularity over time - boys
198 total births recorded since 1914 (Olga as boys' name)
Olga by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12,787 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Olga's strongest decade.
12,787 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Olga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,116
1880s
1,116 births
- 1890s 2,997
1890s
2,997 births
- 1900s 3,172
1900s
3,172 births
- 1910s
1910s
11,733 births
- 1920s
1920s
12,787 births
- 1930s 4,932
1930s
4,932 births
- 1940s 4,016
1940s
4,016 births
- 1950s
1950s
5,660 births
- 1960s 4,739
1960s
4,739 births
- 1970s 3,629
1970s
3,629 births
- 1980s 2,670
1980s
2,670 births
- 1990s 2,112
1990s
2,112 births
- 2000s 1,382
2000s
1,382 births
- 2010s 610
2010s
610 births
- 2020s 317
2020s
317 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12,787 births (21% of all-time use).
How Olga compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Olga's total volume
Olga by state
Where Olga concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10,938 | 17.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 7,924 | 12.8% |
| #3 | California | | 5,903 | 9.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 4,950 | 8.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,990 | 4.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 2,847 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,706 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,526 | 2.5% |
10,938 of 61,872 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Olga appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Olga's data
- Olga's decade-level peak was the 1920s (12,787 total births); usage has since declined to 317 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Olgas (10,938 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Olga: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Olga draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.