Olympia Girl
How popular is Olympia?
#2,194 girl name in 2025
84 baby girls were named Olympia in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
Olympia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,194 for girls (▲ 268 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+110% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #2,468 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1981 (104 girls) |
| Highest rank | #849 in 1917 |
| First recorded | 1897 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Olympia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Olympia family of names ranked #1,593 for girls in 2025 (#1,790 the year before), with 96 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Olympia | 84 | 88% |
| Olimpia | 12 | 13% |
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 Olympia is most popular
Babies named Olympia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Olympia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | #1,094 |
| 1900s | 82 | #1,067 |
| 1910s | 348 | #849 |
| 1920s | 477 | #969 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,287 |
| 1940s | 118 | #1,980 |
| 1950s | 145 | #2,150 |
| 1960s | 131 | #2,874 |
| 1970s | 375 | #1,638 |
| 1980s | 396 | #1,248 |
| 1990s | 260 | #2,895 |
| 2000s | 207 | #4,945 |
| 2010s | 444 | #2,478 |
| 2020s | 444 | #2,194 |
Girl names about as popular as Olympia
Questions
- Is Olympia a boy or girl name?
- Olympia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Olympia were girls.
- How popular is the name Olympia?
- 84 baby girls were named Olympia in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
- When was Olympia most popular?
- Olympia peaked in 1981, when 104 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #849 in 1917.
- How many people are named Olympia?
- 3,644 babies have been named Olympia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,467 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Olympia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Olympia was most common in New York, at 0.1 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.