How Many People Are Named Olivia?
people named Olivia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 629 people in the US has this name
Based on 568,136 babies named Olivia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
19,863 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602). Shakespeare may have based it on OLIVER or OLIVA, or perhaps directly on the Latin word oliva meaning "olive". In the play Olivia is a noblewoman who is wooed by Duke Orsino but instead falls in love with his messenger Cesario.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Olivia (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Olivia alive today is about 17 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Olivia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2014, to 19,863 babies. In 2025, 13,554 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Olivia was the #1 girls' name in the US in 2019 to 2025. It was in the top 10 for 25 years, 2001 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1 |
| Best rank | #1 (2019 to 2025) |
| Years at #1 | 7 |
| Years in the top 10 | 25 |
| Years in the top 100 | 36 (1990 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Olivia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Olivia were born in California than in any other state: about 59,961 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Olivia was given 1.9 times as often in Vermont, 1.7 times in New Hampshire and 1.6 times in Rhode Island.
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