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Oliva

#7,057 in 2025Girls' name

Olive

Oliva has been given to 2,008 babies in the U.S. since 1884. In 2025 it ranked #7,057 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 34 recorded.

Babies named Oliva, 2025

1 in 207,000

Oliva over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Oliva: meaning, origin, and history

Olive

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oliva means

Oliva means “olive”.

Origin, language, and formation

Oliva is used in Catalan.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Oliva is pronounced [uˈli.βə].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,976 girls were recorded with the name Oliva between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 1990; its best national rank was #889 in 1889.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,444 in 2020 to #7,057 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,944 in 2015 to #7,057 in 2025.

In the United States, 32 boys were recorded with the name Oliva between 1913 and 1930. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1924; its best national rank was #3,133 in 1913.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Oliva?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,057
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Oliva sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oliva. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Olivas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oliva was born before 1986 — so the typical Oliva is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
14.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,288
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 14.8% of all recorded uses (293).

Is Oliva rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−959
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,613
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,113
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.57×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
47.1%
Peak was 1990 (34)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#889
1889

Spellings of Oliva

Oliva is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 41.9% against Oliva's 0.09%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Oliva is used

Across 1910–2025, Oliva was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 319,434 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —
  6. 6Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Oliva has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Oliva around the world

Where Oliva ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • France
    1900–1969
    #2,303
    in 1969
  • Canada
    2018–2018
    #2,940
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1954–1954
    #475
    in 1954

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Oliva by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,057
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,613
Best rank ever
#889
1889
Peak year
1990
34 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,976
Count in 2025
16

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,133
1913
Peak year
1924
7 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1930
All-time count
32
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Oliva

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Oliva

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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