How Many People Are Named Olive?
people named Olive are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,638 people in the US has this name
Based on 67,320 babies named Olive in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,841 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the type of tree, ultimately derived from Latin oliva.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Olive (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Olive alive today is about 15 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Olive first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 1,841 babies. In 2025, 1,604 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Olive never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #82, in 1893, and it was in the top 100 for 24 years, 1880 to 1903. In 2025 it ranked #197.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #197 |
| Best rank | #82 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | 24 (1880 to 1903) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #133 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Olive alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Olive were born in California than in any other state: about 3,114 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Olive was given 2.9 times as often in New Hampshire, 2.8 times in Maine and 2.3 times in Utah.
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