Girls' name · since 1897
Olympia
3,644 babies named Olympia in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,644
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Olympia currently ranks #2195 among girls' names in America, with 3,644 babies recorded since 1897.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olympia has been recorded 3,644 times among girls since 1897, currently ranked #2195 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2025.
- #3,171 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,644 born since 1897
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olympia ranks #3,171 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,644 born since 1897, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,644
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Olympia's 3,644 recorded births place it above 95.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Olympia compares
3,644 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Olympia's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Olympia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,644 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 21 | 19,840 |
Olympia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Olympia splits its recorded history at 1962: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 104 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Olympia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Olympia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (477 births, 13% of the file).
1920s was Olympia's strongest decade.
477 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Olympia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 23
1890s
23 births
- 1900s 82
1900s
82 births
- 1910s
1910s
348 births
- 1920s
1920s
477 births
- 1930s
1930s
194 births
- 1940s 118
1940s
118 births
- 1950s 145
1950s
145 births
- 1960s 131
1960s
131 births
- 1970s
1970s
375 births
- 1980s
1980s
396 births
- 1990s
1990s
260 births
- 2000s
2000s
207 births
- 2010s
2010s
444 births
- 2020s
2020s
444 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 477 births (13% of all-time use).
How Olympia 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 Olympia's total volume
Olympia by state
Where Olympia concentrates geographically, total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 463 | 12.7% |
| #2 | California | | 227 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 109 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 84 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 78 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 52 | 1.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 52 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 35 | 1.0% |
463 of 3,644 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Olympia appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Olympia's data
- Olympia's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (477 total births) through the 2020s (444) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Olympias (463 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Olympia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~128 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, 1897–2025 (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 Olympia 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.