Girls' name · since 1890
Olia
226 babies named Olia in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1890
- 1910s
- peak decade
226 girls have been named Olia since 1890, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Olia has 226 recorded births among girls since 1890, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 2016.
- #18,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1890
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olia ranks #18,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1890, peaking in the 1910s.
- #18,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1890
- 1910s
- peak decade
Olia's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Olia splits its recorded history at 1924: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1890 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Olia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–2016
- Peak year (1940)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Olia by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (56 births, 25% of the file).
1910s was Olia's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Olia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s
1900s
28 births
- 1910s
1910s
56 births
- 1920s
1920s
51 births
- 1930s
1930s
33 births
- 1940s
1940s
27 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 56 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Olia's data
- Olia's decade-level peak was the 1910s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Olia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~126 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, 1890–2016 (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 Olia 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.