Olivia
Olivia is ranked 1st among girls in 2024 (14,718 births). It was the number one girl’s name in 2019–2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #1same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 14,7180.91% of girls
- Peak year
- 201419,836 births
- Best rank
- #1first in 2019
- Since 1880
- 553,664people given the name
The story in the numbers
553,664 girls have been named Olivia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 19,836 births — 1.1% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 2 → 1).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 33%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 35 of them in the top 100 and 24 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Olivia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 618 | |
| 1890s | 1,099 | |
| 1900s | 1,575 | |
| 1910s | 3,545 | |
| 1920s | 4,982 | |
| 1930s | 3,922 | |
| 1940s | 7,201 | |
| 1950s | 6,100 | |
| 1960s | 4,015 | |
| 1970s | 7,849 | |
| 1980s | 14,061 | |
| 1990s | 75,913 | |
| 2000s | 156,048 | |
| 2010s | 184,528 | |
| 2020s | 82,208 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Olivia was the 2nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2014 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Olivia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aminatapeak 2015
- Nawalpeak 2019
- Zoepeak 2012
- Saraipeak 2007
- Amonipeak 2012
- Keylapeak 2016
- Miraclepeak 2016
- Skyepeak 2014
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.