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Oliva

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Oliva is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 889th, in 1889.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
200.00% of girls
Peak year
199034 births
Best rank
#889in 1889
Since 1884
1,959people given the name
Babies named Oliva, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,959 girls have been named Oliva in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 34 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1990s alone account for 15%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Oliva
1880s20
1890s50
1900s96
1910s179
1920s197
1930s100
1940s46
1950s56
1960s45
1970s100
1980s165
1990s293
2000s279
2010s230
2020s103

In 1990, its biggest year

Oliva was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Oliva

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.