Girls' name · peaked in 1916
Olga name popularity since 1925
35,487 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Olga. Half of them were born in 1955 or earlier, so the typical Olga is about 71 years old in 2026. Olga peaked in 1916 as the #126 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,487
- Named Olga, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1916
- #126 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,201 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 35,329 girls · 158 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 4.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Olga made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Olga births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Olga peaked earlier, in 1916.
- Steepest fall: Between 1930 and 1935, Olga's share of baby girls fell by 47%.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Olga's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Olga.
Decade by decade
Babies named Olga in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5,262 | 27 | – |
| 1930s | 4,932 | 43 | #321 |
| 1940s | 4,016 | 24 | #402 |
| 1950s | 5,660 | 0 | #354 |
| 1960s | 4,739 | 20 | #479 |
| 1970s | 3,629 | 19 | #495 |
| 1980s | 2,670 | 20 | #699 |
| 1990s | 2,112 | 5 | #1,036 |
| 2000s | 1,382 | 0 | #1,563 |
| 2010s | 610 | 0 | #2,880 |
| 2020–25 | 317 | 0 | #3,201 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
29.1% of babies named Olga from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Olga is most popular
The index compares Olga's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Olga.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4.14× | 10,230 |
| New York | 2.03× | 4,842 |
| Arizona | 2.00× | 816 |
| California | 1.61× | 5,374 |
| New Jersey | 1.53× | 1,325 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Olga's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Olga.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Olga (1916).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data