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Girl's nameIn Israel: hardly given today

OlyaIn Hebrew: אוליה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Olya (Hebrew: אוליה) is a girl's name. 42 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

People in Israel
42
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
—
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Olya

In Hebrew letters the name is אוליה, read right to left. Olya 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.

Olya by year in Israel

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).

Olya: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

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

Questions about Olya

How do you write Olya in Hebrew?

Olya is written אוליה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Olya?

42 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אוליה: 42 women and 0 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 Olya a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אוליה are women.

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.