How rare is the name Oliva?

5,926 people in the United States have the first name Oliva, about 1 in 50,967. It ranks #3,496 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OLIVA

#3,496

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,926
About
1 in 50,967
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,926 people named Oliva, 55.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.1% as White and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Oliva peaked in 1990, when 34 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18842025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
34
In 2025*
16 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,008 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Oliva by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #1,972. The largest share of babies named Oliva, 22.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,27720
1890s#2,17950
1900s#1,97296
1910s#2,758189
1920s#3,332214
1930s#4,575105
1940s#7,16346
1950s#7,72356
1960s#9,41245
1970s#8,238101
1980s#7,226165
1990s#6,146293
2000s#7,985279
2010s#9,645230
2020s#10,370119
Before 19013.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2722.9%
Silent Generation 1928–458.4%
Baby boom 1946–644.7%
Generation X 1965–806.8%
Millennials 1981–9617.5%
Generation Z 1997–1221.3%
2013 and later14.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Oliva, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Oliva ranks #1,833 of 156,621, with 19,181 people. See Oliva as a last name

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