first name
OLIVE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,050 people named Olive, 68.8% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Black and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Olive peaked in 2022, when 1,841 babies got the name.
At least 67,320 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Olive by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #121. The largest share of babies named Olive, 40.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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.
Where Olive is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Olive has been most common in Maine (2.8×), New Hampshire (2.7×), and North Dakota (2.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.26×).
48,509 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Olive
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Olive, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Olive ranks #5,932 of 156,621, with 5,595 people. See Olive as a last name
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