Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oliwia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 0 boys · 290 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,708 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,708 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 330 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oliwia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Oliwia has a diminutive in Oliwka. In Polish usage, Oliwia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Olivia. In Polish usage, Oliwia has a conventional equivalent in the Slovenian form Oliva.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Oliwia has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
8 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Oliwia
- Oliwia KiołbasaPolish chess playerborn 2000
- Oliwia WośPolish association football playerborn 1999
- Oliwia SzmigielPolish para-badminton player (born 2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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