Olive

Olive was the #197 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,597 babies), and #47 in England & Wales and #179 in Canada.

Olive as a girl’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#197 (1,597)	#47 (892)	#129 (35)	#146 (13)	#247 (17)	#179 (161)	#68 (105)	—
2024	#170 (1,789)	#53 (834)	#106 (41)	#119 (17)	#243 (17)	#150 (185)	#68 (104)	#63 (102)
2023	#180 (1,651)	#57 (776)	#136 (31)	#209 (8)	#316 (12)	#149 (173)	#61 (111)	#68 (86)
2022	#158 (1,836)	#74 (648)	#151 (28)	#162 (12)	#458 (8)	#165 (163)	#55 (130)	#67 (91)
2021	#182 (1,636)	#74 (691)	#153 (29)	#190 (10)	#322 (13)	#161 (176)	#61 (124)	#76 (80)
2020	#195 (1,491)	#99 (510)	#341 (10)	#397 (3)	#444 (8)	#174 (160)	#78 (96)	#86 (69)
2019	#213 (1,435)	#109 (469)	#182 (24)	#298 (5)	#421 (9)	#175 (159)	#76 (91)	#77 (79)
2018	#268 (1,232)	#120 (457)	#348 (10)	#273 (6)	#361 (12)	#209 (144)	#77 (88)	#84 (66)
2017	#256 (1,253)	#151 (362)	#304 (12)	#263 (6)	#272 (17)	#190 (162)	#87 (83)	—
2016	#272 (1,162)	#148 (368)	#336 (11)	#440 (3)	#390 (11)	#235 (137)	#92 (78)	#81 (66)
2015	#264 (1,212)	#176 (312)	#318 (12)	—	#462 (9)	#236 (141)	#91 (81)	#85 (57)
2014	#281 (1,152)	#210 (255)	#346 (11)	#314 (5)	#373 (12)	#242 (138)	#89 (77)	#75 (66)
2013	#291 (1,097)	#233 (216)	#663 (4)	#370 (4)	#491 (8)	#244 (133)	#88 (76)	#67 (78)
2012	#363 (860)	#260 (191)	#351 (11)	—	#768 (4)	#416 (76)	—	#93 (53)
2011	#415 (763)	#343 (139)	#674 (4)	—	#612 (6)	#339 (96)	—	#82 (62)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 1886 at #84.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Girls	2025	about 1 in 1,000	uncommon
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 280	common
Scotland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 510	common
Northern Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 560	common
Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 1,200	uncommon
Canada	Girls	2025	about 1 in 930	common

Next year

On its recent trend, Olive is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 960 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 850 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Olive (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.

#1–10
#11–50
#51–100
#101–500
below #500

Across Canada

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Ontario	2024	#168	65
Quebec	2025	#311	17

Olive (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Olive	Canada	Girls	#179	161
Olive	England & Wales	Girls	#47	892
Olive	Ireland	Girls	#247	17
Olive	Northern Ireland	Girls	#146	13
Olive	NSW	Girls	#68	105
Olive	Scotland	Girls	#129	35
Olive	US	Girls	#197	1,597
Olive	US	Boys	#9,714	7
Olive	VIC	Girls	—	too few