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Olivia: U.S. name history
Published Social Security birth-name counts for the exact spelling Olivia in the female recorded field, 1880–2025.
In the latest file, Olivia was first among published female-field spellings, with 13,544 recorded births. That is down 1,228 from 14,772 in 2024. Its first released row in this archive is from 1880; a missing earlier row does not establish when the name began to exist.
What the historical pattern shows
Olivia did not arrive suddenly. It was already published in the 1880 file, yet sat outside the first 200 female-field spellings that year. The modern climb is clearer when 1990 and 2000 are put side by side: position 72 became position 16.
The spelling reached its highest published annual count in 2014. Its 2025 count is lower than that peak, even though it remains in first position. A top rank describes the comparison with other names in the same year; it does not mean that more babies received the name than at every point in the past.
Selected annual records
| Birth year | Published count | Position* |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 44 | 235 |
| 1900 | 167 | 251 |
| 1925 | 527 | 293 |
| 1950 | 770 | 275 |
| 1975 | 1,049 | 232 |
| 1990 | 4,626 | 72 |
| 2000 | 12,855 | 16 |
| 2010 | 17,040 | 4 |
| 2014 | 19,840 | 2 |
| 2015 | 19,729 | 2 |
| 2020 | 17,691 | 1 |
| 2024 | 14,772 | 1 |
| 2025 | 13,544 | 1 |
*Position is calculated from the published entries in one year and field, ordered by count; it is not an official SSA rank. Counts are not adjusted for population or coverage. SSA suppresses small cells, so no row does not mean zero births.
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Sources: SSA national data and suppression rules · our data method. Data reviewed 1 November 2026.