Meaning not yet researched.
Olivia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 13,544 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.9% of babies named Olivia in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Olivia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 13,544 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 19,840 (2014).
In 2025, 13,544 US girls were named Olivia, making it the 1st most common girls’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 1,228 fewer than the 14,772 girls named Olivia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in this year, 2025. The most girls given the name in a single year was 19,840, in 2014. For comparison, it was #2 in 2015 and #275 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Olivia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 44 babies with the name. In all, 568,136 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 184,729 babies named Olivia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 170,683 US girls were named Olivia; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 19,414. In 2025 that was about 1 in 119 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Olivia ranked highest in Illinois in 2025, at #1 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Olive (67,320 babies since 1880), Livia (10,236 babies since 1880), Alyvia (5,839 babies since 1880) and Aliviah (1,070 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Olevia, Oliviah and Olivea are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Livia, Nollie and Ollie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Aragonese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Olevia (1,945), Oliviah (717), Olivea (644), Olivya (428), Alivya (338), Oliwia (290), Olivianna (288), Aliviya (175), Aliviyah (153), Oliviya (92), Aliveah (86), Oliveah (76), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 501 | #1 | #1 |
| Washington | 327 | #1 | #1 |
| Arizona | 353 | #1 | #4 |
| California | 1,796 | #1 | #4 |
| Oklahoma | 178 | #1 | #2 |
| Nevada | 146 | #1 | #2 |
| Florida | 1,020 | #1 | #4 |
| New Hampshire | 64 | #2 | #1 |
| Rhode Island | 41 | #2 | #1 |
| New York | 740 | #2 | #1 |
| Texas | 1,580 | #2 | #5 |
| Louisiana | 162 | #2 | #3 |
| New Mexico | 65 | #2 | #5 |
| Colorado | 256 | #2 | #2 |
| Kansas | 127 | #2 | #2 |
| North Dakota | 34 | #3 | #3 |
| Alabama | 203 | #3 | #3 |
| Tennessee | 276 | #3 | #3 |
| Arkansas | 119 | #3 | #2 |
| North Carolina | 441 | #3 | #3 |
| South Carolina | 187 | #3 | #2 |
| Missouri | 260 | #3 | #2 |
| Pennsylvania | 487 | #3 | #1 |
| Oregon | 149 | #3 | #2 |
| Connecticut | 151 | #3 | #3 |
| Maryland | 218 | #3 | #1 |
| New Jersey | 396 | #3 | #4 |
| Georgia | 418 | #3 | #2 |
| Utah | 184 | #4 | #2 |
| Massachusetts | 281 | #4 | #1 |
| Mississippi | 86 | #4 | #3 |
| Virginia | 311 | #4 | #2 |
| South Dakota | 36 | #5 | #3 |
| Idaho | 85 | #5 | #1 |
| Ohio | 392 | #5 | #3 |
| Hawaii | 34 | #5 | #3 |
| Nebraska | 75 | #5 | #1 |
| Michigan | 285 | #6 | #1 |
| Delaware | 32 | #6 | #2 |
| Alaska | 24 | #6 | #1 |
| Iowa | 107 | #6 | #2 |
| Minnesota | 194 | #6 | #1 |
| Indiana | 230 | #7 | #2 |
| Wisconsin | 182 | #8 | #2 |
| Maine | 39 | #8 | #2 |
| District of Columbia | 27 | #10 | #6 |
| Kentucky | 141 | #11 | #2 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #11 | #3 |
| West Virginia | 50 | #12 | #3 |
| Montana | 29 | #14 | #2 |
| Vermont | 12 | #26 | #6 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,544 | #1 | 10 | #8,067 |
| 2024 | 14,772 | #1 | 16 | #5,833 |
| 2023 | 15,329 | #1 | 6 | #11,874 |
| 2022 | 16,670 | #1 | 16 | #5,805 |
| 2021 | 17,847 | #1 | 9 | #8,652 |
| 2020 | 17,691 | #1 | 13 | #6,537 |
| 2019 | 18,577 | #1 | 12 | #7,066 |
| 2018 | 18,061 | #2 | 9 | #8,638 |
| 2017 | 18,778 | #2 | 12 | #6,992 |
| 2016 | 19,414 | #2 | 16 | #5,719 |
| 2015 | 19,729 | #2 | 9 | #8,529 |
| 2014 | 19,840 | #2 | 23 | #4,356 |
| 2013 | 18,454 | #3 | 24 | #4,145 |
| 2012 | 17,333 | #4 | 18 | #5,197 |
| 2011 | 17,335 | #4 | 17 | #5,368 |
| 2010 | 17,040 | #4 | 28 | #3,779 |
| 2009 | 17,444 | #3 | 18 | #5,251 |
| 2008 | 17,088 | #4 | 31 | #3,545 |
| 2007 | 16,589 | #7 | 17 | #5,368 |
| 2006 | 15,508 | #7 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2005 | 15,700 | #5 | 23 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 16,108 | #4 | 73 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 16,154 | #5 | 22 | #3,936 |
| 2002 | 14,631 | #10 | 17 | #4,650 |
| 2001 | 13,977 | #10 | 11 | #6,324 |
| 2000 | 12,855 | #16 | 6 | #9,984 |
| 1999 | 11,257 | #20 | 18 | #4,110 |
| 1998 | 10,610 | #21 | 16 | #4,354 |
| 1997 | 9,479 | #27 | 12 | #5,186 |
| 1996 | 8,126 | #34 | 12 | #5,100 |
| 1995 | 7,627 | #39 | 12 | #5,032 |
| 1994 | 6,432 | #50 | 10 | #5,768 |
| 1993 | 6,343 | #50 | 7 | #7,395 |
| 1992 | 5,811 | #58 | 14 | #4,268 |
| 1991 | 5,602 | #61 | 9 | #5,812 |
| 1990 | 4,626 | #72 | 15 | #3,910 |
| 1989 | 2,440 | #122 | 30 | #2,277 |
| 1988 | 2,142 | #134 | 9 | #5,095 |
| 1987 | 1,700 | #166 | 11 | #4,168 |
| 1986 | 1,235 | #215 | 7 | #5,757 |
| 1985 | 1,025 | #248 | — | — |
| 1984 | 1,165 | #222 | 7 | #5,415 |
| 1983 | 1,088 | #228 | — | — |
| 1982 | 1,126 | #228 | — | — |
| 1981 | 1,023 | #245 | 7 | #5,329 |
| 1980 | 1,116 | #229 | 5 | #6,993 |
| 1979 | 1,253 | #210 | 6 | #5,854 |
| 1978 | 1,312 | #199 | 5 | #6,499 |
| 1977 | 1,105 | #225 | 7 | #4,965 |
| 1976 | 1,232 | #196 | 6 | #5,419 |
| 1975 | 1,049 | #232 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1974 | 507 | #400 | 5 | #5,776 |
| 1973 | 360 | #489 | — | — |
| 1972 | 344 | #505 | — | — |
| 1971 | 335 | #543 | — | — |
| 1970 | 349 | #542 | — | — |
| 1969 | 348 | #526 | — | — |
| 1968 | 325 | #528 | — | — |
| 1967 | 347 | #510 | — | — |
| 1966 | 334 | #516 | — | — |
| 1965 | 441 | #456 | — | — |
| 1964 | 426 | #471 | — | — |
| 1963 | 448 | #460 | — | — |
| 1962 | 429 | #465 | — | — |
| 1961 | 435 | #467 | — | — |
| 1960 | 483 | #442 | — | — |
| 1959 | 489 | #435 | — | — |
| 1958 | 557 | #388 | — | — |
| 1957 | 521 | #403 | — | — |
| 1956 | 536 | #385 | 6 | #3,823 |
| 1955 | 604 | #351 | — | — |
| 1954 | 645 | #335 | — | — |
| 1953 | 620 | #333 | — | — |
| 1952 | 694 | #305 | — | — |
| 1951 | 664 | #304 | — | — |
| 1950 | 770 | #275 | — | — |
| 1949 | 854 | #259 | — | — |
| 1948 | 848 | #261 | — | — |
| 1947 | 857 | #255 | — | — |
| 1946 | 728 | #268 | — | — |
| 1945 | 621 | #278 | — | — |
| 1944 | 730 | #245 | 5 | #3,777 |
| 1943 | 694 | #267 | — | — |
| 1942 | 742 | #253 | 6 | #3,461 |
| 1941 | 587 | #265 | 6 | #3,403 |
| 1940 | 540 | #269 | — | — |
| 1939 | 428 | #296 | — | — |
| 1938 | 445 | #299 | — | — |
| 1937 | 393 | #312 | 5 | #3,887 |
| 1936 | 381 | #311 | — | — |
| 1935 | 365 | #332 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1934 | 359 | #330 | — | — |
| 1933 | 370 | #326 | 5 | #4,014 |
| 1932 | 399 | #320 | — | — |
| 1931 | 380 | #327 | 7 | #3,313 |
| 1930 | 402 | #328 | 8 | #3,212 |
| 1929 | 458 | #312 | 7 | #3,459 |
| 1928 | 442 | #311 | — | — |
| 1927 | 499 | #299 | — | — |
| 1926 | 466 | #308 | — | — |
| 1925 | 527 | #293 | 5 | #4,716 |
| 1924 | 501 | #299 | 6 | #4,214 |
| 1923 | 528 | #281 | 7 | #3,720 |
| 1922 | 536 | #280 | — | — |
| 1921 | 502 | #294 | — | — |
| 1920 | 523 | #287 | — | — |
| 1919 | 471 | #295 | — | — |
| 1918 | 466 | #296 | — | — |
| 1917 | 476 | #285 | — | — |
| 1916 | 446 | #283 | — | — |
| 1915 | 372 | #302 | — | — |
| 1914 | 340 | #285 | — | — |
| 1913 | 287 | #279 | — | — |
| 1912 | 285 | #264 | — | — |
| 1911 | 191 | #283 | — | — |
| 1910 | 211 | #266 | — | — |
| 1909 | 179 | #270 | — | — |
| 1908 | 181 | #263 | — | — |
| 1907 | 171 | #263 | — | — |
| 1906 | 181 | #241 | — | — |
| 1905 | 153 | #265 | — | — |
| 1904 | 157 | #250 | — | — |
| 1903 | 130 | #272 | — | — |
| 1902 | 130 | #273 | — | — |
| 1901 | 126 | #259 | — | — |
| 1900 | 167 | #251 | — | — |
| 1899 | 110 | #274 | — | — |
| 1898 | 141 | #251 | — | — |
| 1897 | 131 | #247 | — | — |
| 1896 | 114 | #270 | — | — |
| 1895 | 117 | #262 | — | — |
| 1894 | 127 | #240 | — | — |
| 1893 | 107 | #259 | — | — |
| 1892 | 101 | #264 | — | — |
| 1891 | 66 | #311 | — | — |
| 1890 | 85 | #271 | — | — |
| 1889 | 100 | #234 | — | — |
| 1888 | 71 | #276 | — | — |
| 1887 | 69 | #253 | — | — |
| 1886 | 72 | #242 | — | — |
| 1885 | 59 | #261 | — | — |
| 1884 | 54 | #267 | — | — |
| 1883 | 46 | #268 | — | — |
| 1882 | 52 | #240 | — | — |
| 1881 | 51 | #215 | — | — |
| 1880 | 44 | #235 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).