Oliva comes from the Latin tradition, meaning Olive tree, peace, fruitful.
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How popular is Oliva?
1990peak year
Today, Oliva is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5780), with only about 22 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1990, 34 babies were given the name (ranked #3273 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Oliva's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,991 babies have been registered as Oliva since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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