Popularity of the name Olivia, 1880–2025
Olivia was at its most popular in 2014, when 19,840 girls were given the name: about 1 in 90 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #2. In 2025, 13,544 girls were named Olivia, ranking #1. In all, Social Security counts 567,345 girls named Olivia since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 791 boys named Olivia.
- Peak year
- 2014
- Rank in 2014
- #2
- Babies in 2014
- 19,840
- Rank in 2025
- #1
- Total since 1880
- 567,345
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has climbed from #2 in 2015 to #1 in 2025, with 19,729 girls named Olivia in 2015 and 13,544 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Olivia ranked highest in the 2020s so far, at #1, with 95,853 girls given the name that decade. It started at #255 in the 1880s.
Every 20 years in the records: 44 in 1880 (#233), 167 in 1900 (#250), 523 in 1920 (#286), 540 in 1940 (#267), 483 in 1960 (#442), 1,116 in 1980 (#229), 12,855 in 2000 (#16) and 17,691 in 2020 (#1).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 19,840, in 2014. Its best rank in any year was #1, first reached in 2019.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Olivia, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 44 | #233 |
| 1881 | 51 | #213 |
| 1882 | 52 | #239 |
| 1883 | 46 | #268 |
| 1884 | 54 | #266 |
| 1885 | 59 | #259 |
| 1886 | 72 | #241 |
| 1887 | 69 | #252 |
| 1888 | 71 | #276 |
| 1889 | 100 | #233 |
| 1890 | 85 | #270 |
| 1891 | 66 | #310 |
| 1892 | 101 | #264 |
| 1893 | 107 | #256 |
| 1894 | 127 | #237 |
| 1895 | 117 | #261 |
| 1896 | 114 | #267 |
| 1897 | 131 | #245 |
| 1898 | 141 | #251 |
| 1899 | 110 | #273 |
| 1900 | 167 | #250 |
| 1901 | 126 | #257 |
| 1902 | 130 | #273 |
| 1903 | 130 | #272 |
| 1904 | 157 | #250 |
| 1905 | 153 | #265 |
| 1906 | 181 | #239 |
| 1907 | 171 | #262 |
| 1908 | 181 | #262 |
| 1909 | 179 | #268 |
| 1910 | 211 | #266 |
| 1911 | 191 | #283 |
| 1912 | 285 | #264 |
| 1913 | 287 | #278 |
| 1914 | 340 | #285 |
| 1915 | 372 | #302 |
| 1916 | 446 | #283 |
| 1917 | 476 | #284 |
| 1918 | 466 | #296 |
| 1919 | 471 | #295 |
| 1920 | 523 | #286 |
| 1921 | 502 | #294 |
| 1922 | 536 | #279 |
| 1923 | 528 | #281 |
| 1924 | 501 | #299 |
| 1925 | 527 | #293 |
| 1926 | 466 | #307 |
| 1927 | 499 | #299 |
| 1928 | 442 | #311 |
| 1929 | 458 | #312 |
| 1930 | 402 | #327 |
| 1931 | 380 | #327 |
| 1932 | 399 | #319 |
| 1933 | 370 | #326 |
| 1934 | 359 | #329 |
| 1935 | 365 | #331 |
| 1936 | 381 | #310 |
| 1937 | 393 | #312 |
| 1938 | 445 | #298 |
| 1939 | 428 | #296 |
| 1940 | 540 | #267 |
| 1941 | 587 | #265 |
| 1942 | 742 | #252 |
| 1943 | 694 | #267 |
| 1944 | 730 | #245 |
| 1945 | 621 | #277 |
| 1946 | 728 | #268 |
| 1947 | 857 | #254 |
| 1948 | 848 | #261 |
| 1949 | 854 | #259 |
| 1950 | 770 | #275 |
| 1951 | 664 | #304 |
| 1952 | 694 | #304 |
| 1953 | 620 | #333 |
| 1954 | 645 | #335 |
| 1955 | 604 | #350 |
| 1956 | 536 | #385 |
| 1957 | 521 | #403 |
| 1958 | 557 | #387 |
| 1959 | 489 | #434 |
| 1960 | 483 | #442 |
| 1961 | 435 | #467 |
| 1962 | 429 | #465 |
| 1963 | 448 | #460 |
| 1964 | 426 | #471 |
| 1965 | 441 | #456 |
| 1966 | 334 | #516 |
| 1967 | 347 | #510 |
| 1968 | 325 | #528 |
| 1969 | 348 | #525 |
| 1970 | 349 | #542 |
| 1971 | 335 | #542 |
| 1972 | 344 | #504 |
| 1973 | 360 | #489 |
| 1974 | 507 | #399 |
| 1975 | 1,049 | #232 |
| 1976 | 1,232 | #196 |
| 1977 | 1,105 | #225 |
| 1978 | 1,312 | #199 |
| 1979 | 1,253 | #210 |
| 1980 | 1,116 | #229 |
| 1981 | 1,023 | #245 |
| 1982 | 1,126 | #228 |
| 1983 | 1,088 | #228 |
| 1984 | 1,165 | #222 |
| 1985 | 1,025 | #248 |
| 1986 | 1,235 | #215 |
| 1987 | 1,700 | #166 |
| 1988 | 2,142 | #134 |
| 1989 | 2,440 | #122 |
| 1990 | 4,626 | #72 |
| 1991 | 5,602 | #61 |
| 1992 | 5,811 | #58 |
| 1993 | 6,343 | #50 |
| 1994 | 6,432 | #50 |
| 1995 | 7,627 | #39 |
| 1996 | 8,126 | #34 |
| 1997 | 9,479 | #27 |
| 1998 | 10,610 | #21 |
| 1999 | 11,257 | #20 |
| 2000 | 12,855 | #16 |
| 2001 | 13,977 | #10 |
| 2002 | 14,631 | #10 |
| 2003 | 16,154 | #5 |
| 2004 | 16,108 | #4 |
| 2005 | 15,700 | #5 |
| 2006 | 15,508 | #7 |
| 2007 | 16,589 | #7 |
| 2008 | 17,088 | #4 |
| 2009 | 17,444 | #3 |
| 2010 | 17,040 | #4 |
| 2011 | 17,335 | #4 |
| 2012 | 17,333 | #4 |
| 2013 | 18,454 | #3 |
| 2014 | 19,840 | #2 |
| 2015 | 19,729 | #2 |
| 2016 | 19,414 | #2 |
| 2017 | 18,778 | #2 |
| 2018 | 18,061 | #2 |
| 2019 | 18,577 | #1 |
| 2020 | 17,691 | #1 |
| 2021 | 17,847 | #1 |
| 2022 | 16,670 | #1 |
| 2023 | 15,329 | #1 |
| 2024 | 14,772 | #1 |
| 2025 | 13,544 | #1 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.