Girls' name · since 1880
Olive
66,926 babies named Olive in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #492 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #197 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66,926
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Olive is the #197 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 66,926 recorded since 1880.
Olive has 66,926 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #197 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of girls, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #492 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #197 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 66,926 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olive ranks #492 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #197 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 66,926 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #492 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #197 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66,926
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Olive's 66,926 recorded births place it above 99.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Olive compares
66,926 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
Olive's all-time total is 178x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Olive | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66,926 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,836 | 21 | 19,840 |
Olive's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Olive's full recorded timeline at 1953, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 1,836 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Olive popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,836
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Olive popularity over time - boys
394 total births recorded since 1885 (Olive as boys' name)
Olive by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (12,355 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Olive's strongest decade.
12,355 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Olive births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 3,456
1880s
3,456 births
- 1890s
1890s
5,713 births
- 1900s
1900s
6,027 births
- 1910s
1910s
12,355 births
- 1920s
1920s
10,889 births
- 1930s 3,542
1930s
3,542 births
- 1940s 1,444
1940s
1,444 births
- 1950s 617
1950s
617 births
- 1960s 257
1960s
257 births
- 1970s 122
1970s
122 births
- 1980s 94
1980s
94 births
- 1990s 141
1990s
141 births
- 2000s 1,562
2000s
1,562 births
- 2010s
2010s
10,707 births
- 2020s
2020s
10,000 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 12,355 births (18% of all-time use).
How Olive 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 Olive's total volume
Olive by state
Where Olive concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 3,969 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 3,852 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,109 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 2,492 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 2,152 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 2,056 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 2,041 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,950 | 2.9% |
3,969 of 66,926 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Olive appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Olive's data
- Olive's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (12,355 total births) through the 2020s (10,000) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Olives (3,969 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Olive
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Olive
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Olive: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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 Olive 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.