Olympia
Olympia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. Its best rank was 854th, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1981104 births
- Best rank
- #854in 1917
- Since 1897
- 3,560people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,560 girls have been named Olympia in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 104 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Olympia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 82 | |
| 1910s | 348 | |
| 1920s | 477 | |
| 1930s | 194 | |
| 1940s | 118 | |
| 1950s | 145 | |
| 1960s | 131 | |
| 1970s | 375 | |
| 1980s | 396 | |
| 1990s | 260 | |
| 2000s | 207 | |
| 2010s | 444 | |
| 2020s | 360 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Olympia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Olympia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cleopatrapeak 1974
- Venicepeak 1921
- Inespeak 2024
- Eloisapeak 2024
- Miriampeak 1924
- Antoninapeak 1915
- Rafaelapeak 2011
- Domenicapeak 1979
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.