Girl name#63 of girl names
Olivia
Pronounced OW0 L IH1 V IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2014
- 145 years in use
How popular is Olivia?
Olivia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 554,770 children — the 63rd most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 19,856 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- OW0 L IH1 V IY0 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 0100
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Olivia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Olivia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Olivia?
- Olivia ranks 63rd among girls' names in US records, with 554,770 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 176,981.
- Is Olivia a unisex name?
- No. Olivia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Olivia most popular?
- 2014, when 19,856 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.