NameTides

Olivia

Olivia was the #1 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13,544 babies), and #1 in England & Wales and #2 in Canada.

Olivia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Olivia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Olivia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1 (13,544)#1 (2,386)#3 (251)#3 (101)#8 (224)#2 (1,445)#3 (331)#6 (292)
2024#1 (14,772)#1 (2,761)#1 (266)#2 (109)#7 (246)#1 (1,656)#3 (336)#6 (309)
2023#1 (15,329)#1 (2,906)#2 (266)#5 (126)#17 (199)#1 (1,659)#3 (381)#3 (306)
2022#1 (16,670)#1 (3,289)#1 (309)#4 (141)#10 (258)#1 (1,849)#4 (401)#5 (326)
2021#1 (17,847)#1 (3,649)#1 (349)#4 (148)#18 (219)#1 (2,065)#1 (493)#2 (407)
2020#1 (17,691)#1 (3,640)#2 (334)#5 (133)#11 (248)#1 (2,089)#2 (476)#3 (373)
2019#1 (18,577)#1 (4,082)#1 (394)#5 (143)#14 (263)#1 (2,294)#2 (483)#1 (419)
2018#2 (18,061)#1 (4,598)#1 (444)#3 (178)#14 (273)#1 (2,188)#3 (474)#1 (374)
2017#2 (18,778)#1 (5,204)#1 (512)#3 (179)#11 (294)#1 (2,219)#2 (550)#2 (360)
2016#2 (19,414)#1 (5,017)#1 (529)#3 (191)#13 (303)#1 (2,416)#1 (652)#2 (413)
2015#2 (19,729)#2 (4,853)#3 (452)#5 (153)#14 (297)#2 (2,309)#2 (603)#1 (393)
2014#2 (19,840)#2 (4,724)#3 (485)#6 (152)#20 (287)#1 (2,386)#1 (639)#1 (443)
2013#3 (18,454)#2 (4,598)#2 (499)#15 (129)#27 (222)#1 (2,376)#2 (558)#3 (390)
2012#4 (17,333)#2 (4,585)#4 (428)#13 (140)#30 (230)#2 (2,218)#4 (544)#1 (437)
2011#4 (17,335)#2 (4,938)#4 (475)#8 (164)#28 (252)#1 (2,242)#4 (559)#3 (404)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 120 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 8. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 120very common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 71very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 72very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 94very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 100very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Olivia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 120 to 1 in 130.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Olivia by state, 2025Alaska: #5AKMaine: #7MEWisconsin: #8WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #2NHWashington: #1WAIdaho: #4IDMontana: #12MTNorth Dakota: #3NDMinnesota: #4MNIllinois: #1ILMichigan: #6MINew York: #2NYMassachusetts: #4MAOregon: #3ORNevada: #1NVWyoming: #10WYSouth Dakota: #4SDIowa: #6IAIndiana: #6INOhio: #5OHPennsylvania: #3PANew Jersey: #3NJConnecticut: #3CTRhode Island: #2RICalifornia: #1CAUtah: #4UTColorado: #2CONebraska: #5NEMissouri: #3MOKentucky: #11KYWest Virginia: #12WVVirginia: #4VAMaryland: #3MDDelaware: #5DEArizona: #1AZNew Mexico: #2NMKansas: #2KSArkansas: #3ARTennessee: #3TNNorth Carolina: #3NCSouth Carolina: #3SCDistrict of Columbia: #9DCOklahoma: #1OKLouisiana: #2LAMississippi: #4MSAlabama: #3ALGeorgia: #3GAHawaii: #5HITexas: #2TXFlorida: #1FL
Olivia (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

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1611
Quebec2025#2416

Olivia (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.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OliviaCanadaGirls#21,445
OliviaCanadaBoys—too few
OliviaEngland & WalesGirls#12,386
Olivia-England & WalesGirls—too few
OliviaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
OliviaIrelandGirls#8224
OlíviaIrelandGirls#4139
OliviaNorthern IrelandGirls#3101
OliviaNSWGirls#3331
OliviaScotlandGirls#3251
OliviaUSGirls#113,544
OliviaUSBoys#7,67910
OliviaVICGirls#6292