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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

OliviaIn Hebrew: אוליביה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Olivia (Hebrew: אוליביה) is a girl's name of international origin. 750 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 38 girls and ranked #335. Its peak year was 2024, with 38 babies.

People in Israel
750
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
38
rank #335
Peak year
2024
38 babies
USA, 2025
13,544
rank #1

Writing and saying Olivia

In Hebrew letters the name is אוליביה, read right to left. Olivia is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Olivia by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Olivia: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Olivia in English-speaking countries

Olivia in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202513,544#12014 (19,840)
United Kingdom20252,738#12010 (5,982)
England and Wales20252,386#12008 (5,325)
Scotland2025251#32016 (529)
Northern Ireland2025101#32016 (191)
Ireland2025233#81975 (618)
British Columbia2023196#12010 (302)
Alberta2025175#12014 (311)
Quebec2025416#22019 (567)
New South Wales2025331#32016 (652)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Olivia has every year and the other spellings.

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Olivia

How do you write Olivia in Hebrew?

Olivia is written אוליביה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Olivia?

750 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אוליביה: 642 women and 108 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 85.6% of the people named אוליביה are women.

Is Olivia used outside Israel?

The name Olivia appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 13,544 girls were given it in 2025 (#1), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 2,738 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.