# Olympia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/olympia/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “olympus” |
| Pronunciation | /əˈlɪmpi.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,644 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,644 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 424, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

## 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 | 22 | 6,096 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,936 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,983 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,626 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,830 |
| 2016 | 51 | 3,213 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,770 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,501 |
| 2019 | 71 | 2,498 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,491 |
| 2021 | 78 | 2,338 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,521 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,608 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,483 |
| 2025 | 84 | 2,210 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 38 | 928 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## In other languages

- Finnish: Olympia
- French: Olympe
- Italian: Olimpia
- Polish: Olimpia
- Romanian: Olimpia

## People named Olympia

- Olympia Dukakis, American actress (1931-2021)
- Olympia Snowe, American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine
- Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
- Olympia Brown, American suffragist and Universalist minister (1835–1926)
- Olympias of Armenia, ancient Roman noblewoman, queen of Armenia
- Olympia Aldersey, Australian rower

## 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.