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Girl's name · #197 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Olive was #82 in 1893, slipped to #11337 by 1988, and has climbed back to #197 today. About 67,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#31 in New Zealand (2025) · #46 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #47 in England & Wales (2025) · #68 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #133 in Scotland (2025) · #151 in N. Ireland (2025) · #260 in Ireland (2025) · #767 in Netherlands (2025) · #923 in Belgium (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #1,445 in France (2025) · #2,423 in Switzerland (2025) and 1 more.
Among 267 notable people named Olive:
Artists & writers appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Olive Schreiner, South African author and pacifist (1855–1920).
About 370 girls a year are given Liv as their full name and 91 Ollie.
Similar names: Mabel · Ollie · Genevieve · Ophelia · Lucille · Belle
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