Olive

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Olive: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Olive: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #21 in 2022, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
126times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
39names it appears alongside

What stands out in Olive's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Appears alongside 39 other names across 7 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 58 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1287
1998	#1259
1999	#2444
2000	#1313
2001	#1520
2002	#1104
2003	#965
2004	#1043
2005	#1012
2006	#816
2007	#623
2008	#445
2009	#428
2010	#337
2011	#343
2012	#260
2013	#233
2014	#210
2015	#176
2016	#148
2017	#151
2018	#120
2019	#109
2020	#99
2021	#74
2022	#74
2023	#57
2024	#53

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 58 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #68 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #247 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #72 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2023
Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in New Zealand, in 2022 (recorded 2010–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #68 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Olive appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 58 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,552 births with the name.

Olive across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Olive's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#72 (1964)	#34 (1975)	#247 (2025)	58 of 62	1,552 (1964–2025)	239 (1975)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#53 (2024)	#53 (2024)	29 of 29	6,815 (1996–2024)	834 (2024)
New Zealand · Girls	#81 (2010)	#21 (2022)	#33 (2023)	14 of 14	1,099 (2010–2023)	117 (2022)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#88 (2013)	#55 (2022)	#68 (2025)	13 of 13	1,244 (2013–2025)	130 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#370 (2013)	#119 (2024)	#119 (2024)	11 of 12	79 (2013–2024)	17 (2024)

Olive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Olive in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	422	6 of 10	70
1970sbusiest	729	10 of 10	73
1980s	149	10 of 10	15
1990s	40	8 of 10	5
2000s	42	8 of 10	5
2010s	95	10 of 10	10
2020s	75	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 73 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1974 and 1975, when recorded births rose by 185, from 54 to 239.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Olive appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in New Zealand in 2022.

Olive's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#53	834	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#57	776	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#74	648	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#74	691	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#99	510	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#109	469	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#120	457	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#151	362	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#148	368	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#176	312	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#210	255	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#233	216	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#260	191	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#343	139	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#337	139	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#428	97	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#445	95	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#623	56	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#965	25	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#33	88	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#21	117	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#28	109	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#23	103	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#44	84	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#50	73	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#60	65	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#57	70	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#44	85	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#49	68	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#53	68	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#65	63	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#75	55	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#81	51	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	17	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	13	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	17	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	15	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	15	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	24	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	32	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	23	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	28	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	46	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	100	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#34	239	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	54	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	60	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	57	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	73	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	56	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	72	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	64	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	71	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	62	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	69	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	84	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#106	41	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 834 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Olin · #379, 11y
Oline · #40, 40y
Oliver · #1, 63y
Oliver-James · #1012, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denis · #21, 66y
Evan · #23, 57y
Eleanor · #18, 62y
Jeremy · #24, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Clodagh · #20, 62y
Joakim · #20, 58y
Ronan · #20, 62y
Tara · #20, 61y

Comparisons involving Olive

Existing comparison pages where Olive and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Olive in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Christine vs Olive
In 1964 they stood at #65 and #72 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2025 they were #885 and #247.
Christine · Olive · 56 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Suzanne vs Olive
In 1964 they stood at #67 and #72 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2018 they were #734 and #361.
Suzanne · Olive · 48 shared years, 1964–2018 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Deborah vs Olive
In 1964 they stood at #76 and #72 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #608 and #247.
Deborah · Olive · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Olive and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Abigail vs Olive
In New Zealand · Girls, Olive moved into the top 50 at #23 in 2020 as Abigail fell out of it to #58, having been #30 the year before.
Abigail · Olive · 14 shared years, 2010–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 New Zealand ranking
Maddison vs Olive
In New Zealand · Girls, Olive moved into the top 50 at #23 in 2020 as Maddison fell out of it to #57, having been #43 the year before.
Maddison · Olive · 14 shared years, 2010–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 New Zealand ranking
Sienna vs Olive
In New Zealand · Girls, Olive moved into the top 50 at #23 in 2020 as Sienna fell out of it to #71, having been #35 the year before.
Sienna · Olive · 14 shared years, 2010–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 New Zealand ranking

Olive was ranked #21 in New Zealand · Girls in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Olive and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Olive without appearing here.

Olive moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1313 and #3247.
Kristin Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1520 and #1520 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1104 and #2868.
Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1313 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3262.
Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1287 and #2738.

Moved ahead of Olive

Maia Compare
In 2004 they stood at #362 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #232.
Sienna Compare
In 2004 they stood at #512 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #245.
Madison Compare
In 2004 they stood at #362 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #256.
Poppy Compare
In 2004 they stood at #362 and #403 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #256.

Moved the opposite way to Olive

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.

Moved the same way as Olive

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Olive went from #72 to #247 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in New Zealand in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Olive

Olive at a glance

What stands out in Olive's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olive across 5 official records

Olive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Olive appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Olive

Longest shared records

Order changes

Names published alongside Olive

Olive and the names beside it

Olive moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Olive

Moved the opposite way to Olive

Moved the same way as Olive

Olive at a glance

What stands out in Olive's record

Olive across 5 official records

Olive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Olive appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Olive

Longest shared records

Order changes

Names published alongside Olive

Olive and the names beside it

Olive moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Olive

Moved the opposite way to Olive

Moved the same way as Olive