Olivia
Olivia was given to 13,544 girls in 2025, #1 among girls’ names; 568,136 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 543,000 Americans named Olivia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 9 and 24.
Olivia is the #31 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Olivia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Olivia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Olivia is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “olive; olive branch” (olīva).
From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
/oʊˈlɪvi.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Olivia?
#1 among girls’ names, 2025
Olivia rose from #2 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born fell from 11.1 to 8.4 per 1,000.
19,863 babies in 2014, the peak
Olivia peaked in 2014, when 19,863 babies were given it (19,840 girls, #2 among girls’ names). The 13,554 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 68% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,544 | #1 | 8.4 |
| 2024 | 14,772 | #1 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 15,329 | #1 | 9.6 |
| 2022 | 16,670 | #1 | 10.2 |
| 2021 | 17,847 | #1 | 10.9 |
| 2020 | 17,691 | #1 | 10.9 |
| 2019 | 18,577 | #1 | 11.1 |
| 2018 | 18,061 | #2 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 18,778 | #2 | 10.9 |
| 2016 | 19,414 | #2 | 11.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19,729 | #2 | 11.1 |
| 2014 | 19,840 | #2 | 11.1 |
| 2013 | 18,454 | #3 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 17,333 | #4 | 9.8 |
| 2011 | 17,335 | #4 | 9.9 |
| 2010 | 17,040 | #4 | 9.6 |
| 2009 | 17,444 | #3 | 9.5 |
| 2008 | 17,088 | #4 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 16,589 | #7 | 8.6 |
| 2006 | 15,508 | #7 | 8.2 |
| 2005 | 15,700 | #5 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 16,108 | #4 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | 16,154 | #5 | 8.8 |
| 2002 | 14,631 | #10 | 8.1 |
| 2001 | 13,977 | #10 | 7.8 |
| 2000 | 12,855 | #16 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | 11,257 | #20 | 6.3 |
| 1998 | 10,610 | #21 | 6.0 |
| 1997 | 9,479 | #27 | 5.4 |
| 1996 | 8,126 | #34 | 4.6 |
| 1995 | 7,627 | #39 | 4.3 |
| 1994 | 6,432 | #50 | 3.6 |
| 1993 | 6,343 | #50 | 3.5 |
| 1992 | 5,811 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1991 | 5,602 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1990 | 4,626 | #72 | 2.4 |
| 1989 | 2,440 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 2,142 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 1,700 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,235 | #215 | 0.72 |
| 1985 | 1,025 | #248 | 0.60 |
| 1984 | 1,165 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1983 | 1,088 | #228 | 0.65 |
| 1982 | 1,126 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1981 | 1,023 | #245 | 0.61 |
| 1980 | 1,116 | #229 | 0.67 |
| 1979 | 1,253 | #210 | 0.78 |
| 1978 | 1,312 | #199 | 0.86 |
| 1977 | 1,105 | #225 | 0.72 |
| 1976 | 1,232 | #196 | 0.84 |
| 1975 | 1,049 | #232 | 0.72 |
| 1974 | 507 | #400 | 0.35 |
| 1973 | 360 | #489 | 0.25 |
| 1972 | 344 | #505 | 0.23 |
| 1971 | 335 | #543 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 349 | #542 | 0.20 |
| 1969 | 348 | #526 | 0.21 |
| 1968 | 325 | #528 | 0.20 |
| 1967 | 347 | #510 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 334 | #516 | 0.20 |
| 1965 | 441 | #456 | 0.25 |
| 1964 | 426 | #471 | 0.22 |
| 1963 | 448 | #460 | 0.23 |
| 1962 | 429 | #465 | 0.22 |
| 1961 | 435 | #467 | 0.22 |
| 1960 | 483 | #442 | 0.24 |
| 1959 | 489 | #435 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 557 | #388 | 0.28 |
| 1957 | 521 | #403 | 0.25 |
| 1956 | 536 | #384 | 0.27 |
| 1955 | 604 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1954 | 645 | #335 | 0.33 |
| 1953 | 620 | #333 | 0.33 |
| 1952 | 694 | #305 | 0.37 |
| 1951 | 664 | #304 | 0.37 |
| 1950 | 770 | #275 | 0.45 |
| 1949 | 854 | #259 | 0.50 |
| 1948 | 848 | #261 | 0.50 |
| 1947 | 857 | #255 | 0.48 |
| 1946 | 728 | #268 | 0.46 |
| 1945 | 621 | #278 | 0.48 |
| 1944 | 730 | #245 | 0.55 |
| 1943 | 694 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1942 | 742 | #253 | 0.55 |
| 1941 | 587 | #265 | 0.49 |
| 1940 | 540 | #269 | 0.47 |
| 1939 | 428 | #296 | 0.39 |
| 1938 | 445 | #299 | 0.40 |
| 1937 | 393 | #312 | 0.37 |
| 1936 | 381 | #311 | 0.37 |
| 1935 | 365 | #332 | 0.35 |
| 1934 | 359 | #330 | 0.34 |
| 1933 | 370 | #326 | 0.37 |
| 1932 | 399 | #320 | 0.37 |
| 1931 | 380 | #327 | 0.36 |
| 1930 | 402 | #328 | 0.36 |
| 1929 | 458 | #312 | 0.41 |
| 1928 | 442 | #311 | 0.38 |
| 1927 | 499 | #299 | 0.42 |
| 1926 | 466 | #308 | 0.39 |
| 1925 | 527 | #293 | 0.43 |
| 1924 | 501 | #299 | 0.40 |
| 1923 | 528 | #281 | 0.44 |
| 1922 | 536 | #280 | 0.45 |
| 1921 | 502 | #294 | 0.41 |
| 1920 | 523 | #287 | 0.44 |
| 1919 | 471 | #295 | 0.42 |
| 1918 | 466 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1917 | 476 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1916 | 446 | #283 | 0.43 |
| 1915 | 372 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1914 | 340 | #285 | 0.45 |
| 1913 | 287 | #279 | 0.46 |
| 1912 | 285 | #264 | 0.51 |
| 1911 | 191 | #283 | 0.46 |
| 1910 | 211 | #266 | 0.53 |
| 1909 | 179 | #270 | 0.52 |
| 1908 | 181 | #263 | 0.54 |
| 1907 | 171 | #263 | 0.54 |
| 1906 | 181 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1905 | 153 | #265 | 0.52 |
| 1904 | 157 | #250 | 0.57 |
| 1903 | 130 | #272 | 0.50 |
| 1902 | 130 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1901 | 126 | #259 | 0.53 |
| 1900 | 167 | #251 | 0.56 |
| 1899 | 110 | #274 | 0.47 |
| 1898 | 141 | #251 | 0.54 |
| 1897 | 131 | #247 | 0.56 |
| 1896 | 114 | #270 | 0.48 |
| 1895 | 117 | #262 | 0.50 |
| 1894 | 127 | #240 | 0.57 |
| 1893 | 107 | #259 | 0.50 |
| 1892 | 101 | #264 | 0.48 |
| 1891 | 66 | #311 | 0.36 |
| 1890 | 85 | #271 | 0.45 |
| 1889 | 100 | #234 | 0.56 |
| 1888 | 71 | #276 | 0.40 |
| 1887 | 69 | #253 | 0.47 |
| 1886 | 72 | #242 | 0.50 |
| 1885 | 59 | #261 | 0.44 |
| 1884 | 54 | #267 | 0.42 |
| 1883 | 46 | #268 | 0.41 |
| 1882 | 52 | #240 | 0.48 |
| 1881 | 51 | #215 | 0.55 |
| 1880 | 44 | #235 | 0.48 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Olivia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Olivia has been given almost only to girls: 791 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Olivia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Olivia, and how old are they?
543,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 568,136 Americans ever recorded as Olivia. The median Olivia alive today is 16 years old; half are between 9 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 449,373 people named Olivia (448,791 women and girls, 582 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 455,498 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,910 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 56,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 237,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 227,000 |
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 Olivia born?
The states with the most babies named Olivia are California, Texas and Florida, with 32% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,796 | #1 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 1,580 | #2 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 1,020 | #1 | 1.0× |
| New York | 740 | #2 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 501 | #1 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 487 | #3 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 441 | #3 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 418 | #3 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 396 | #3 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 392 | #5 | 1.0× |
Where Olivia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Olivia is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 Olivia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 678,241 babies since 1880, Olivia is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 13,554 of their 15,857 babies (85%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Olivia
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 Olivia and names like it
- Compare Olivia and OliveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sOlivia peaked in 2014.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Olivia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Olivia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Olivia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Olivia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with OMost given first.