Olia
Oḷiā is a closed vessel made up of straw or bamboo. Traditionally it is used to store rice and other corns. It is also used in different tribal areas of Odisha and other states of India.
Meaning & Origin of Olia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oḷiā is a closed vessel made up of straw or bamboo. Traditionally it is used to store rice and other corns. It is also used in different tribal areas of Odisha and other states of India.
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The Story of Olia
The earliest SSA record of Olia as a baby girl name dates back to 1890, when 5 babies received it. 1940 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Olia — #2,572 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Olia on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Olia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 226 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Olia
Olia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 226 births in the dataset. Olia's peak popularity came in 1940 when it ranked #2,572. Use the chart and map above to compare Olia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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