Olive

“Olive tree; symbol of peace” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #197 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Olive was #82 in 1893, slipped to #11337 by 1988, and has climbed back to #197 today. About 67,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Olive's short forms are Ollie and Liv.

Around the world: #31 in New Zealand (2025) · #46 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #47 in England & Wales (2025) · #68 in Australia (NSW) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Olives

Olive Schreiner — South African author and pacifist (1855-1920)
Olive Thomas — American silent film actress, model (1894–1920)
Olive Borden — American actress (1906–1947)
Olive Loughnane — Irish race walking athlete
Olive Deering — American actress (1918–1986)

In stories & tradition

Olive Oyl — Popeye · Popeye the Sailor
Olive Specter — The Sims 2 · The Sims 3
Olive Ostrovsky — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

What Olives become

Among 267 notable people named Olive:

Artists & writers appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Olive Schreiner, South African author and pacifist (1855-1920).

Similar names: Mabel · Ollie · Genevieve · Ophelia · Lucille · Belle

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