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How popular is “Olive” in the USA?

Number of people named “Olive” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Olive” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Olive” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Olive” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Olive” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Olive” by birth year

This chart shows how “Olive” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 224 0.001111751 224 100%
1881 211 0.001095034 211 100%
1882 291 0.001313574 291 100%
1883 294 0.001355176 294 100%
1884 360 0.001478676 360 100%
1885 354 0.00146977 349 5 97%
1886 404 0.001582353 404 100%
1887 394 0.001592614 394 100%
1888 465 0.001552722 465 100%
1889 469 0.001623141 464 5 98%
1890 491 0.001629059 491 100%
1891 515 0.001796472 509 6 98%
1892 590 0.001764491 583 7 98%
1893 589 0.001811065 589 100%
1894 589 0.001739053 589 100%
1895 577 0.001643781 577 100%
1896 583 0.001630842 583 100%
1897 583 0.001680324 583 100%
1898 644 0.001688273 644 100%
1899 570 0.001680256 565 5 98%
1900 712 0.001581316 705 7 98%
1901 539 0.00155865 539 100%
1902 593 0.001533358 593 100%
1903 603 0.001581847 597 6 98%
1904 573 0.001420127 573 100%
1905 604 0.00142479 598 6 98%
1906 567 0.001323372 561 6 98%
1907 568 0.001220482 568 100%
1908 648 0.001326105 648 100%
1909 651 0.001273414 645 6 98%
1910 654 0.00110714 646 8 98%
1911 706 0.0010958 699 7 98%
1912 888 0.000898729 874 14 97%
1913 999 0.000878543 994 5 99%
1914 1209 0.000853606 1200 9 99%
1915 1667 0.000909723 1654 13 98%
1916 1624 0.000839529 1616 8 99%
1917 1577 0.000785848 1566 11 99%
1918 1635 0.000753071 1618 17 98%
1919 1499 0.000710344 1488 11 99%
1920 1563 0.000690785 1552 11 99%
1921 1587 0.000679802 1567 20 97%
1922 1336 0.000583621 1323 13 98%
1923 1230 0.000534206 1222 8 99%
1924 1058 0.000444237 1058 100%
1925 982 0.000420863 975 7 99%
1926 880 0.000383291 872 8 98%
1927 890 0.000383727 879 11 98%
1928 800 0.000353835 790 10 98%
1929 651 0.000296967 651 100%
1930 551 0.000247831 539 12 96%
1931 526 0.000249954 514 12 95%
1932 491 0.000232559 484 7 97%
1933 398 0.000199055 387 11 94%
1934 334 0.000160823 327 7 96%
1935 294 0.000140677 294 100%
1936 284 0.000136698 276 8 94%
1937 259 0.000121558 251 8 94%
1938 240 0.000108471 234 6 95%
1939 235 0.000106651 235 100%
1940 169 0.000073393 169 100%
1941 208 0.000085371 208 100%
1942 180 0.00006589 180 100%
1943 208 0.000073692 203 5 95%
1944 110 0.000040891 110 100%
1945 140 0.000052772 134 6 91%
1946 123 0.000038494 123 100%
1947 98 0.000027205 98 100%
1948 128 0.000037074 122 6 91%
1949 97 0.000027835 97 100%
1950 99 0.000028259 99 100%
1951 67 0.000018188 67 100%
1952 80 0.000021064 80 100%
1953 72 0.000018684 72 100%
1954 58 0.00001457 58 100%
1955 50 0.000012453 50 100%
1956 57 0.000013825 57 100%
1957 62 0.000014754 56 6 81%
1958 37 0.00000895 37 100%
1959 41 0.000009861 41 100%
1960 48 0.000011556 48 100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 22 0.000005659 22 100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 100%
1999 23 0.000006227 23 100%
2000 35 0.000009259 35 100%
2001 37 0.000009884 37 100%
2002 43 0.000011503 43 100%
2003 51 0.000013413 51 100%
2004 51 0.000013348 51 100%
2005 88 0.000022888 88 100%
2006 116 0.000029321 116 100%
2007 271 0.000067789 271 100%
2008 358 0.000091079 358 100%
2009 512 0.000134025 512 100%
2010 546 0.000147738 541 5 98%
2011 763 0.000208596 763 100%
2012 860 0.000235142 860 100%
2013 1097 0.000300905 1097 100%
2014 1152 0.000310816 1152 100%
2015 1212 0.000327487 1212 100%
2016 1171 0.000319187 1162 9 98%
2017 1258 0.000351771 1252 6 99%
2018 1232 0.000350408 1232 100%
2019 1434 0.000413145 1434 100%
2020 1497 0.000448126 1491 6 99%
2021 1641 0.000484364 1635 6 99%
2022 1841 0.00054417 1836 5 99%
2023 1655 0.000499819 1649 6 99%
2024 1778 0.000534174 1778 100%

Explore other names

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  3. Olivama
  4. Olivander
  5. Olivar
  6. Olive (this page)
  7. Olivea
  8. Oliveah
  9. Olivemae
  10. Olivene
  11. Oliver