Olympia

“Girl from Mount Olympus, via the Greek name Olympias” — Greek (via the name Olympias) origin

Girl's name · #2194 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Olympia has appeared in US records since 1897 — best rank #849 (1917) · 3,644 babies named Olympia all-time · 1 in 20,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,700 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Olympias

Olympia Dukakis — American actress (1931-2021)
Olympia Snowe — American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine
Olympia Fulvia Morata — Italian classical scholar
Olympia Mancini — Italian noblewoman
Olympia Brown — American suffragist and Universalist minister (1835–1926)

In stories & tradition

Olympia — Fouskothalassies

What Olympias become

Among 43 notable people named Olympia:

Entertainers appear 1.8× more often than among typical names — e.g. Olympia Dukakis, American actress (1931-2021).

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