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Olivia

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~544,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1 among girls
Births in 2025
13,554 568,136 since 1880
Typical age
15 years, median

Olivia popularity over time

Olivia rank by birth year, 1880–2025Olivia ranked #233 in 1880 and #1 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 2019.#1#10#100#118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Olivia was used most in 2014, when 19,863 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 36 years put Olivia in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #1 with 13,554 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 31%.

Babies named Olivia per yearPeaks at 19,863 births in 2014.19,863 in 2014018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Olivia?

An estimated 544,500 living Americans are called Olivia. SSA has recorded 568,136 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Olivia?

Median age among living Olivias: 15. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Olivia a current name.

Your Olivia

Ages of living people named OliviaHalf of living Olivias are older than 15 and half younger.median 15020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Olivia is most common

Relative to births, Wyoming carries 2.0× the national share of Olivias. Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont follow.

Where Olivia is used more than average5 states use the name Olivia more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 1.7× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 1.8× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.0× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.9× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.7× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Olivia is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 223 2.0×
Rhode Island 559 1.9×
New Hampshire 707 1.8×
Vermont 206 1.7×
Delaware 460 1.7×

Olivia in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Olivia ranked #1 in 2025 on 2,386 births. That is 34% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Olivia comes from

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Olivia

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Olivia de Havilland British actress 1916–2020 85
Olivia Rodrigo American singer and actress 2003 82
Olivia Newton-John British–Australian singer 1948–2022 77
Olivia Wilde American actress and film director 1984 77
Olivia Colman British actress 1974 69
Olivia Hussey British actress 1951–2024 54
Olivia Williams British actress 1968 48
Olivia Munn American actress, comedian, television personality and author 1980 48
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 512 in 1974 to 1,058 in 1975 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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