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.
- #51,186 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak 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.
- #51,186 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olma ranks #51,186 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #51,186 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Olma's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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 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
1920s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
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).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1918–1920 (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 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 August 2026.