NameTides

Olympia

Olympia was the #2,194 girls' name in the US in 2025 (84 babies), and #922 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Olympia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Olympia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Olympia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,194 (84)#922 (38)#2,730 (7)
2024#2,462 (73)#1,353 (24)#2,259 (9)
2023#2,588 (68)#981 (35)#3,290 (5)
2022#2,510 (71)#910 (38)#2,315 (8)
2021#2,327 (78)#1,128 (30)#3,280 (5)
2020#2,468 (70)#928 (38)#1,877 (11)
2019#2,482 (71)#1,063 (32)#2,610 (7)
2018#2,478 (71)#1,393 (23)#3,286 (5)
2017#2,744 (62)#1,568 (20)#2,876 (6)
2016#3,182 (51)#1,472 (22)—
2015#3,767 (40)#1,961 (14)—
2014#4,544 (31)#2,862 (8)—
2013#3,918 (38)#2,313 (11)#3,286 (5)
2012#4,836 (29)#1,893 (15)—
2011#5,935 (22)#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #1,248.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1897.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Olympia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Olympia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Olympia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OlympiaCanadaGirls#2,7307
OlympiaEngland & WalesGirls#92238
OlympiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
OlympiaUSGirls#2,19484