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How popular is the name Olivia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Olivias are alive today.
Olivia (female) is the most popular girls' name in England and Wales, given to 2,761 babies in 2024. The name peaked in 2008, when it was the most popular girls' name outright, given to 5,325 babies. It was almost as popular in 1999, with 5,250 babies given the name that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 120,000 babies have been named Olivia in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Olivia include Oliwia and Livia.
The Olivia you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Olivias born in England and Wales are between 11 and 27, and there are at least 140,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 36% chance that at least one of them will be called Olivia.
How many babies are named Olivia each year?
Where does Olivia rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Olivia most popular?
Olivia peaked in 2008, when 5,325 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Olivia?
At least 140,000 people named Olivia born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Olivia?
Most living Olivias are between 11 and 27; the most common age is about 17.
Is Olivia becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.