Total births
13
Girls' name · since 1918
Olma
13 babies named Olma in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 13
- total births
- 1918–1920
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Olma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1918.
Olma has 13 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1920.
- 13 total births
- 1918–1920 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
13 girls have been named Olma since 1918, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1920.
- 13
- total births
- 1918–1920
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade
62% of everyone ever named Olma was born in this single decade.
1920
Single peak year
8 babies were named Olma in 1920 - its busiest year on record.
Olma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Olma's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Olma at a glance
Last recorded 1920Peak year
1920
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1918
Olma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Olma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Olma's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Olma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Olma? ▼
Olma has been given to 13 babies in the U.S. since 1918, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1920. 8 babies were born in 1920, its single highest year.
When was Olma most popular? ▼
Olma was most popular in the 1920s decade with 8 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
How long has the name Olma been used? ▼
Records for Olma go back to 1918, giving 3 years of history through 1920.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1918–1920 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Olma: Baby Name Since 1918 - 13 Births, Peak 1920." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/olma. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Olma 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 June 2026.