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Olive

/ˈɑləv/ · 99% girls · #197 in the US for girls, 2025

Olive has been given to about 67,320 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2022, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈɑləv/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 27,739
Median age today9 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Olive per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2022 · 1,841
  • Born in 20251,604
  • All time67,320
  • England & Wales, 2025#47 · 892

How popular is Olive?

Olive ranks 197th among American girls in 2025, with 1,604 born that year. Its best year was 2022, when 1,841 babies were given the name, ranking 159th. The typical living American called Olive is about 9 years old today. It is relatively most common in Vermont, where it accounts for 0.23% of births.

Names that sound like Olive

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ollie0.75
  2. Love0.65
  3. Ocie0.64
  4. Odie0.64
  5. Olivia0.57
  6. Ossie0.60
  7. Ozzie0.60
  8. Maeve0.45

Middle names for Olive

Ranked by flow score
  1. Olive Catherine0.84
  2. Olive Josephine0.84
  3. Olive Rose0.83
  4. Olive Marie0.83
  5. Olive Grace0.83
  6. Olive Jane0.83

Sibling names for Olive

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Matildasister · 0.96
  2. Adasister · 0.94
  3. Eloisesister · 0.92
  4. Charleyeither · 0.91
  5. Ellisbrother · 0.90
  6. Monroeeither · 0.88

Where Olive is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Vermont0.23%
  2. Alaska0.20%
  3. Maine0.17%
  4. North Dakota0.17%
  5. Utah0.15%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Olive White0.78
  2. Olive Nguyen0.78
  3. Olive Moore0.78
  4. Olive Hill0.78
  5. Olive Hall0.78
  6. Olive Brown0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Olive

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Olive across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.