Skip to content
BabyNames
Girl name#479 of girl names

Olga

Pronounced OW1 L G AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1918
  • 145 years in use
Compare

How popular is Olga?

Olga is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 62,070 children — the 479th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 45% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1918, when 1,691 children were given it.

05001,0001,5002,00018901920195019802010
1918Girls: 1,691Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
OW1 L G AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Olga

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Olga

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Olga?
Olga ranks 479th among girls' names in US records, with 62,070 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 533.
Is Olga a unisex name?
No. Olga is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Olga most popular?
1918, when 1,691 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.