# Olga (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/olga/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | “holy”, “inviolable”, “sacred” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈoʊlɡə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 62,070 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 198 / 61,872 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 272, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.

## What it means

Olga is grouped under holy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 2,791 |
| 2012 | 86 | 2,201 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,035 |
| 2014 | 79 | 2,345 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,880 |
| 2016 | 47 | 3,406 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,895 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,094 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,321 |
| 2020 | 54 | 3,000 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,988 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,064 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,082 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3,265 |
| 2025 | 50 | 3,201 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 9 | 2,663 |
| 1947 | 5 | 4,115 |
| 1948 | 5 | 4,044 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,484 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,473 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,287 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,837 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,964 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,073 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,564 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,508 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,805 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,174 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,874 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,108 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Օլգա
- Catalan: Olga
- Chinese: 奧莉加 /奥莉加
- Danish: Olga
- Finnish: Oili
- Georgian: ოლგა
- German: Olga
- Greek: Όλγα
- Hebrew: אולגה
- Italian: Olga
- Latin: Olga
- Latvian: Olga
- Norwegian: Olga
- Polish: Olga
- Portuguese: Olga
- Russian: О́льга
- Slovak: Oľga
- Spanish: Olga
- Swedish: Olga
- Ukrainian: О́льга

## People named Olga

- Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast (*1955)
- Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, eldest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russi
- Olga Orozco, Argentine writer (1920-1999)
- Olga Fikotová, Czechoslovak and American discus thrower (1932–2024)
- Olga Zabelinskaya, former Russian road cyclist, olympic medal winner
- Olga Knyazeva, fencer (1954–2015)
- Olga Wisinger-Florian, Austrian painter (1844-1926)
- Olga Desmond, German actress (1890–1964)
- Olga Pall, alpine skier
- Olga Neuwirth, Austrian composer
- Olga Guillot, Cuban singer (1922–2010)
- Olga Benário Prestes, German-Brazilian Communist militant and Holocaust victim (1908–1942)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.