Girls' name · since 1880
Olivia
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 567,345 babies named Olivia, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 567,345
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
567,345 babies have been named Olivia since 1880, making it today's #1 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Olivia recorded 567,345 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #1 nationally today, ahead of 99.9% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #51 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 567,345 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olivia ranks #51 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 567,345 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #51 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 567,345
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Olivia's 567,345 recorded births place it above 99.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Olivia compares
567,345 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Olivia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Olivia's full recorded timeline at 1953, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 44 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 19,840 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Olivia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 19,840
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Olivia popularity over time - boys
791 total births recorded since 1923 (Olivia as boys' name)
Olivia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (184,561 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Olivia's strongest decade.
184,561 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Olivia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 618
1880s
618 births
- 1890s 1,099
1890s
1,099 births
- 1900s 1,575
1900s
1,575 births
- 1910s 3,545
1910s
3,545 births
- 1920s 4,982
1920s
4,982 births
- 1930s 3,922
1930s
3,922 births
- 1940s 7,201
1940s
7,201 births
- 1950s 6,100
1950s
6,100 births
- 1960s 4,016
1960s
4,016 births
- 1970s 7,846
1970s
7,846 births
- 1980s 14,060
1980s
14,060 births
- 1990s
1990s
75,913 births
- 2000s
2000s
156,054 births
- 2010s
2010s
184,561 births
- 2020s
2020s
95,853 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 184,561 births (33% of all-time use).
How Olivia 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 Olivia's total volume
Olivia by state
Where Olivia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61,611 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 47,741 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 35,671 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 28,972 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 24,637 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 23,885 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 23,625 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 19,211 | 3.4% |
61,611 of 567,345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Olivia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Olivia's data
- Olivia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (184,561 total births) through the 2020s (95,853) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Olivias (61,611 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Olivia
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Olivia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Olivia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
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 Olivia 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.