Olga — #3264 US girls' name
61,817 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.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Olga was born in this single decade.
1,691 babies were named Olga in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olga
The Social Security Administration has registered 61,817 babies named Olga between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olga currently holds the #3264 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 1,691 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olga performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12,787 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Olga shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10,938 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Olga in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olga in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 61,817 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Olga at a glance
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Olga popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 1,691
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #3264 among girls.
61,817 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 1,691 births in a single year.
Olga popularity over time — boys
198 total births recorded since 1914 (Olga as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Olga accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Olga by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 12,787 births that decade — 21% of Olga's all-time total
Olga decade highlights
- Peak decade 12,787 births
- Runner-up 11,733 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Olga's strongest decade
12,787 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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 | | 7,921 | 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 61,817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.7% of nationwide
- New York 12.8% of nationwide
- California 9.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Olga appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.