Oliva — #5954 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Oliva

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,959 babies named Oliva between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oliva currently holds the #5954 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oliva performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Oliva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Oliva in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oliva 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 1,959 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.