Olivia Girl
How popular is Olivia?
#1 girl name in 2025
13,544 baby girls were named Olivia in the US in 2025, making it the 1st most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
Olivia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1 for girls |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 13,544 girls, 10 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2 in 2015, #1 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (19,840 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1 in 2019 (7 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Olivia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Olivia family of names ranked #2 for girls in 2025, with 13,612 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia | 13,544 | 100% |
| Olyvia | 48 | 0% |
| Oliviah | 9 | 0% |
| Olivya | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Olivia is most popular
Babies named Olivia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 21.8 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- New Hampshire: 18.8 per 1,000 (348 girls)
- Rhode Island: 18.6 per 1,000 (233 girls)
- Hawaii: 18.1 per 1,000 (207 girls)
- Delaware: 17.8 per 1,000 (202 girls)
Olivia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 618 | #213 |
| 1890s | 1,099 | #237 |
| 1900s | 1,575 | #239 |
| 1910s | 3,545 | #264 |
| 1920s | 4,982 | #279 |
| 1930s | 3,922 | #296 |
| 1940s | 7,201 | #245 |
| 1950s | 6,100 | #275 |
| 1960s | 4,016 | #442 |
| 1970s | 7,846 | #196 |
| 1980s | 14,060 | #122 |
| 1990s | 75,913 | #20 |
| 2000s | 156,054 | #3 |
| 2010s | 184,561 | #1 |
| 2020s | 95,853 | #1 |
Girl names about as popular as Olivia
Questions
- Is Olivia a boy or girl name?
- Olivia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Olivia were girls.
- How popular is the name Olivia?
- 13,544 baby girls were named Olivia in the US in 2025, making it the 1st most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
- When was Olivia most popular?
- Olivia peaked in 2014, when 19,840 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1, held for 7 years starting in 2019.
- How many people are named Olivia?
- 568,136 babies have been named Olivia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 544,510 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Olivia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Olivia was most common in Wyoming, at 21.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.