Olivia
Olivia was the 1st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13,544 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1 places. More babies were named Olivia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning olive, olive tree · Latin
Say it oh-LIV-ee-uh /oʊˈlɪviə/
- Rank in 2025
- #1 girls, unchanged since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 13,544girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201419,840 babies
- Total since 1880
- 568,136babies recorded
What does the name Olivia mean?
Olivia goes back to the Latin word for the olive, the tree and its fruit. Medieval English records already show it as a woman's name: DMNES files Olivia under Olive, with Latin forms such as Oliva and Olivia in English documents from the 1290s on. Wiktionary credits Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, whose heroine is Olivia, with first making the name popular.
olīva (Latin, “olive; olive tree”)
How sure is this? Probable. The olive root is agreed. The exact route by which the -ia form spread in English (an early saint's name or Shakespeare) is less well documented.
See also: Latin names, names that mean tree.
Nicknames for Olivia
The usual nicknames for Olivia are Liv, Livvy, Ollie and Livia. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Olivia in the last five years, 2 were named Liv, against fewer than 1 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liv · also for Olive, Alivia, Livia | Modern | #896 | 1,835 |
| Livvy · also for Alivia | Modern | #1,343 | 450 |
| Ollie · also for Oliver, Olive | Modern | #2,294 | 453 |
| Livia | Modern | #820 | 1,666 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Olivias go by each one.
Olivia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 791 since 1923, 10 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1 | 13,544 |
| 2020 | #1 | 17,691 |
| 2010 | #4 | 17,040 |
| 2000 | #16 | 12,855 |
| 1990 | #72 | 4,626 |
| 1980 | #229 | 1,116 |
| 1970 | #542 | 349 |
| 1960 | #442 | 483 |
| 1950 | #275 | 770 |
| 1940 | #269 | 540 |
| 1930 | #328 | 402 |
| 1920 | #287 | 523 |
| 1910 | #266 | 211 |
| 1900 | #251 | 167 |
| 1890 | #271 | 85 |
| 1880 | #235 | 44 |
How popular is Olivia, counting every spelling?
Olivia is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #2 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1 for Olivia on its own. Together these spellings went to 13,601 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia | 13,544 | #1 | 78,162 |
| Olyvia | 48 | #3,283 | 243 |
| Oliviah | 9 | #10,707 | 60 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Olivia?
13,544 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Olivia (3.76 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Olivia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 14. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, a typical elementary school of 430 pupils would have about 1.6 children named Olivia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Olivia?
About 541,900 people born in the US named Olivia are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 9 and 24. That makes Olivia mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Olivia by state
How common Olivia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wyoming (2.3×), New Hampshire (2.0×), Rhode Island (1.9×), Hawaii (1.9×), Delaware (1.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Olivia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Olivia, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Olivia · Sibling names for Olivia
Questions about the name Olivia
What does Olivia mean?
Olivia means “olive, olive tree” (Latin origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Olivia?
Olivia was the 1st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13,544 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1 places. More babies were named Olivia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Olivia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Olivia in the US.
Where is Olivia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Olivia was most common in Wyoming (21.82 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Hampshire and Rhode Island.