Olive is a girl's name of English origin meaning “olive tree.” In 2024 it was given to 1,778 girls in the United States.
Olive belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “olive tree” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Olive first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #82 in 1893, and in 2024 1,778 babies received the name — 65,312 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Olive means “olive tree” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Olive is a girl name. In 2024, 1,778 babies received the name in the US.
Olive comes from the English & American tradition.
Olive first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #82 in 1893, and 1,778 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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