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Olive

Gender
Girl
Say it
OL-iv
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#50 for girls
US rank, 2025
#197 for girls
Style
Vintage revival

Olive is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “olive tree”. In 2025 it ranked 50th for girls in the UK (940 babies) and 197th for girls in the US (1,597 babies).

What does Olive mean?

English: the tree name, from Latin oliva

“olive tree”

From the olive tree, whose branch has been a symbol of peace since ancient Greece and Rome.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Olive is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 940 girls in the UK and 1,597 girls and 7 boys in the US.

How popular is Olive in the UK?

Rank in 2025
50th among girls
Babies in 2025
940 about 1 in 300 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 77% in five years
Same name in a class
4.6% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 940 girls in the UK were named Olive, making it the 50th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 105th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Olive of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Olive in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 47th in England and Wales, 129th in Scotland and 146th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#30), 1914 (#26), 1924 (#27), 1934 (#47) and 2024 (#53).

1996Busiest: 940 in 20252025
Olive in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025940#50
2024892#54
2023815#60
2022688#79
2021730#82
2020523#105
2019498#115
2018473#126
2017380#163
2016382#161
2015324#191
2014271#219
2013224#245
2012202#272
2011143#363
2010146#349
2009107#443
2008101#456
200758#662
200637#868
200525#1,077
200425#1,048
200326#997
200220#1,147
200112#1,637
200015#1,348
19996#2,559
199815#1,350
199714#1,387
199610#1,741

How popular is Olive in the US?

Rank in 2025
197th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,597 about 1 in 1,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 21% in five years
Same name in a class
1.4% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,597 girls in the US were named Olive, making it the 197th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 195th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,836 girls. 7 boys were also named Olive in 2025 (9,710th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Olive than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Olive in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,836 in 20222025
Olive in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,597#197
20241,789#170
20231,651#180
20221,836#158
20211,636#182
20201,491#195
20191,435#213
20181,232#268
20171,253#256
20161,162#272
20151,212#264
20141,152#281
20131,097#291
2012860#363
2011763#415
2010541#541
2009512#588
2008358#805
2007271#988
2006116#1,788
200588#2,105
200451#3,029
200351#2,953
200243#3,237
200137#3,545
200035#3,659
199923#4,713
199818#5,579
199715#6,158
199613#6,718
199512#7,036
19948#9,580
199316#5,667
199215#6,001
19918#9,328
199013#6,459
198910#7,443
19886#10,381
19877#8,773
19869#7,130
198514#5,075
19848#7,396
198311#5,822
19828#7,467
19818#7,407
198013#5,244
197912#5,426
19789#6,384
19779#6,338
197611#5,213
197515#4,139
197417#3,695
19739#5,578
197213#4,299
197110#5,134
197017#3,576
196919#3,101
196816#3,314
196719#2,868
196622#2,585
196523#2,537
196422#2,674
196328#2,251
196236#1,916
196124#2,473
196048#1,616
195941#1,719
195837#1,790
195756#1,406
195657#1,377
195550#1,422
195458#1,299
195372#1,136
195280#1,054
195167#1,142
195099#890
194997#894
1948122#776
194798#891
1946123#728
1945134#628
1944110#718
1943203#526
1942180#554
1941208#485
1940169#528
1939235#438
1938234#439
1937252#407
1936276#382
1935294#370
1934327#346
1933387#317
1932484#283
1931514#274
1930539#277
1929651#245
1928790#223
1927879#216
1926872#213
1925975#204
19241,058#198
19231,222#179
19221,323#169
19211,567#154
19201,552#151
19191,488#149
19181,618#143
19171,566#138
19161,616#132
19151,654#123
19141,200#127
1913994#129
1912874#131
1911699#121
1910646#125
1909645#112
1908648#110
1907568#118
1906561#110
1905598#107
1904573#106
1903597#97
1902593#99
1901539#98
1900705#95
1899565#98
1898644#93
1897583#92
1896583#90
1895577#91
1894589#88
1893589#82
1892583#83
1891509#85
1890491#89
1889464#88
1888465#87
1887394#85
1886404#84
1885349#86
1884360#83
1883294#90
1882291#88
1881211#100
1880224#95

Nicknames for Olive

Names like Olive

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Violet, Elsie, Ada, Florence, Nellie, Rose, Hazel, Mabel, Annie, Hallie, Alice, Evie

Names related to Olive

Olivia, Oliva, Oliviah, Olivea, Olivya, Olevia

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Carter, Harrison

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Olive: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olive, updated 20 October 2026.