girl's name

Olia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 282

Olia is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1940, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1890.

Olia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '10
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Births named Olia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 11
1900s 28
1910s 56
1920s 51
1930s 33
1940s 27
1950s 5
2010s (to 2016) 15

How popular is Olia?

In 2016, Olia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Olia is used

Canada #2,597 8 in 2023
France #6,748 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,781 3 in 2020
United States #17,888 5 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Olia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Olia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Olia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Olia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Olia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Olia

How popular is the name Olia?

In 2016, Olia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Olia a girl's or a boy's name?

Olia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Olia most popular?

Olia peaked in 1940, when 11 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Olia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Olia currently ranks #6,748 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.