How popular is the baby name Olympia in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Olympia.
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In September of 2017, tennis player Serena Williams — winner of 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles and four Olympic gold medals — and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, welcomed a baby girl.
Her name?
Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr.
“Alexis” was passed down from her father, “Olympia” is a nod to her mother, and the initials “A.O.” are a reference to the 2017 Australian Open, which Serena won (by defeating her older sister, Venus, in the women’s singles final) when she was approximately 2 months pregnant.
The couple’s second child, another baby girl, was born in August of 2023 and named Adira River.
We’ve already looked at the top names in France, so now let’s check out the top names in France’s capital city, Paris.
Last year, Paris’ most popular baby names were Louise and Gabriel.
Here are the city’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
Louise, 190 baby girls
Alma, 189
Alice, 138
Anna, 135
Olivia, 134
Jeanne, 129
Gabrielle, 118
Emma, 114
Adèle, 112
Iris, 111 (tie)
Rose, 111 (tie)
Léa, 108
Chloé, 104
Victoire, 99
Jade, 97
Lina, 94
Victoria, 93
Charlie, 91
Lou, 90
Joséphine, 89 (tie)
Sofia, 89 (tie)
Ava, 87 (4-way tie)
Diane, 87 (4-way tie)
Mia, 87 (4-way tie)
Sarah, 87 (4-way tie)
Zoé, 86
Ella, 85
Nour, 82
Alix, 81
Julia, 80
Suzanne, 79
Juliette, 78
Maya, 76 (tie)
Nina, 76 (tie)
Alba, 74 (3-way tie)
Charlotte, 74 (3-way tie)
Eva, 74 (3-way tie)
Agathe, 73 (tie)
Romy, 73 (tie)
Mariam, 72
Fatoumata, 69
Inaya, 68
Aminata, 64
Elena, 62
Ambre, 61 (tie)
Inès, 61 (tie)
Apolline, 60
Romane, 59
Alya, 57 (3-way tie)
Céleste, 57 (3-way tie)
Giulia, 57 (3-way tie)
Boy names
Gabriel, 321 baby boys
Adam, 240
Raphaël, 235
Louis, 191
Noah, 188
Isaac, 181
Mohamed, 175
Arthur, 172
Gaspard, 152
Joseph, 147
Léon, 137
Lucas, 131
Victor, 127
Léo, 124
Paul, 123
Alexandre, 121 (tie)
Ibrahim, 121 (tie)
Aaron, 111
Sacha, 108
Andrea, 105 (tie)
Ismaël, 105 (tie)
Liam, 103
Augustin, 92 (tie)
Oscar, 92 (tie)
Côme, 91
Maël, 87
Auguste, 86 (tie)
Noé, 86 (tie)
Jules, 84
Antoine, 83
Abel, 81 (tie)
Timothée, 81 (tie)
Hugo, 80
Marceau, 78 (3-way tie)
Marius, 78 (3-way tie)
Théo, 78 (3-way tie)
Charles, 77
Simon, 76
Eliott, 74
Basile, 72
Eden, 71
Octave, 70 (tie)
Zayn, 70 (tie)
Léonard, 69 (tie)
Nathan, 69 (tie)
Georges, 67
Mathis, 66
Ethan, 65 (tie)
Maxime, 65 (tie)
Camille, 64
How interesting that Ambre, the second-most-popular girl name in France, just barely made the top 50 in Paris.
The girls’ top 100 included Raphaëlle (63rd), Olympe (76th), Brune (83rd), and Marie (99th).
The boys’ top 100 included Gustave (67th), Naël (78th), Malo (83rd), and Aurèle (96th).
Here’s a selection of names from lower down in the rankings, which includes all names given to at least five Parisian babies (of either one gender or the other) per year.
Wandrille is the French form of the Germanic name Wandregisel (which belonged to a 7th-century Catholic saint). The second element of Wandregisel is the same element upon which the name Gisèle is based.
Finally, here’s a link to Paris’ 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
P.S. Do you think the Paris Olympics will inspire more French parents to choose the girl names Olympe and Olympia in 2024?
Back when sea voyages were the only way to reach distant lands, many babies ended up being born aboard ships. And many of these ship-born babies were given names that reflected the circumstances of their birth. A good portion of them, for instance, were named after the ships upon which they were born.
I’ve gathered hundreds of these ship-inspired baby names over the years, and I think it’s finally time to post what I’ve found. You’ll find the second half of the list below. (Here’s the first half.)
He in turn gave his name to Medford, Minnesota, in the 1850s. His father, Englishman William K. Colling, was an early Minnesota settler who “said that he had a son who was born on board the ship Medford, and was named Medford, in honor of the ship, and proposed that the town should be named Medford in honor of the boy.”
In May, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt — the eight-time Olympic gold medalist widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time — and his girlfriend, Kasi Bennett, welcomed a baby girl.
Her name?
Olympia Lightning Bolt.
(“Lightning Bolt” is dad’s nickname.)
Update, Jun. 2021: The couple recently welcomed two more babies — twin boys! Their names are Saint Leo and Thunder. (“Saint Leo” comes from Usain Bolt’s middle name, St. Leo.)
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