Olga
Olga was given to 50 girls in 2025, #3,201 among girls’ names; 62,070 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 22,500 Americans named Olga and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 42 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Olga by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Olga mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Olga is “a female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian.” Its etymology gives the sense “holy; inviolable, sacred” (heilagr).
Also “a transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).”
Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.
/ˈoʊlɡə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Olga?
#3,201 among girls’ names, 2025
Olga fell from #2,880 in 2015 to #3,201 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 34.2 to 31.1 per million.
1,691 babies in 1918, the peak
Olga peaked in 1918, when 1,691 girls were given it, #141 among girls’ names. The 50 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,201 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,265 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,082 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,064 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,988 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 54 | #3,000 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,320 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,093 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,895 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,406 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61 | #2,880 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 79 | #2,345 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,034 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,201 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,790 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,891 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,829 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,698 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,884 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 122 | #1,720 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,563 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,462 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 137 | #1,442 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 153 | #1,286 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 179 | #1,163 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 160 | #1,237 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 197 | #1,032 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 157 | #1,186 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 163 | #1,145 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 198 | #967 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 176 | #1,033 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 242 | #831 | 0.14 |
| 1993 | 241 | #823 | 0.13 |
| 1992 | 241 | #829 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 239 | #840 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 258 | #781 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 266 | #739 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 256 | #733 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 228 | #778 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 231 | #757 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 250 | #699 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 253 | #674 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 260 | #665 | 0.16 |
| 1982 | 288 | #625 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 314 | #589 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 324 | #573 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 288 | #614 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 313 | #561 | 0.20 |
| 1977 | 321 | #551 | 0.21 |
| 1976 | 367 | #495 | 0.25 |
| 1975 | 366 | #495 | 0.25 |
| 1974 | 401 | #454 | 0.27 |
| 1973 | 400 | #459 | 0.27 |
| 1972 | 360 | #494 | 0.24 |
| 1971 | 421 | #472 | 0.25 |
| 1970 | 392 | #507 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 394 | #490 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 446 | #457 | 0.27 |
| 1967 | 422 | #462 | 0.26 |
| 1966 | 409 | #468 | 0.24 |
| 1965 | 393 | #479 | 0.22 |
| 1964 | 477 | #448 | 0.25 |
| 1963 | 498 | #436 | 0.26 |
| 1962 | 543 | #419 | 0.28 |
| 1961 | 550 | #414 | 0.27 |
| 1960 | 607 | #385 | 0.30 |
| 1959 | 548 | #401 | 0.27 |
| 1958 | 488 | #426 | 0.24 |
| 1957 | 562 | #384 | 0.27 |
| 1956 | 547 | #378 | 0.27 |
| 1955 | 601 | #354 | 0.31 |
| 1954 | 624 | #339 | 0.32 |
| 1953 | 576 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1952 | 589 | #338 | 0.32 |
| 1951 | 587 | #328 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 538 | #333 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 490 | #355 | 0.29 |
| 1948 | 571 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 481 | #367 | 0.27 |
| 1946 | 438 | #362 | 0.28 |
| 1945 | 313 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1944 | 352 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1943 | 359 | #385 | 0.26 |
| 1942 | 346 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1941 | 333 | #371 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 333 | #355 | 0.29 |
| 1939 | 356 | #336 | 0.32 |
| 1938 | 386 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1937 | 362 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1936 | 388 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1935 | 385 | #321 | 0.37 |
| 1934 | 482 | #280 | 0.46 |
| 1933 | 512 | #272 | 0.51 |
| 1932 | 613 | #250 | 0.57 |
| 1931 | 674 | #231 | 0.63 |
| 1930 | 774 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1929 | 897 | #206 | 0.80 |
| 1928 | 934 | #206 | 0.81 |
| 1927 | 1,101 | #186 | 0.92 |
| 1926 | 1,157 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1925 | 1,173 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 1924 | 1,462 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1923 | 1,366 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1922 | 1,535 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,572 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1920 | 1,590 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1919 | 1,687 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1918 | 1,691 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,655 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 1916 | 1,685 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1915 | 1,532 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1914 | 1,107 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 810 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1912 | 696 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1911 | 489 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1910 | 381 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 359 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1908 | 345 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1907 | 314 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1906 | 317 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1905 | 288 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1904 | 298 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1903 | 281 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1902 | 321 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1901 | 273 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1900 | 376 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 292 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1898 | 329 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 364 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1896 | 355 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 329 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1894 | 303 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1893 | 262 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1892 | 301 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1891 | 237 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1890 | 225 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1889 | 194 | #157 | 1.1 |
| 1888 | 172 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1887 | 153 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 151 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1885 | 121 | #169 | 0.91 |
| 1884 | 99 | #180 | 0.77 |
| 1883 | 81 | #188 | 0.72 |
| 1882 | 64 | #213 | 0.59 |
| 1881 | 31 | #285 | 0.34 |
| 1880 | 50 | #216 | 0.55 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Olga a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Olga has been given almost only to girls: 198 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Olga: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Olga, and how old are they?
22,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 36% of the 62,070 Americans ever recorded as Olga. The median Olga alive today is 59 years old; half are between 42 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 101,653 people named Olga (101,464 women and girls, 189 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 25,407 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,850 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,080 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 714 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Olga born?
The states with the most babies named Olga are Texas, New York and California, with 50% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 10,949 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| New York | 7,924 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 5,903 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,950 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 2,990 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 2,847 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 1,706 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 1,526 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 1,488 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 1,087 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Olga is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Olga is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Olga with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Olga
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Olga and names like it
- Compare Olga and EldaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sOlga peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Olga since 1910.
- Russian namesWiktionary’s origin for Olga: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Olga.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Olga alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.