Olivia, an elaborated form of Olive or feminine form of Oliver, comes from the English word olive and Latin word oliva, referring to the olive tree. This nature-inspired name has appeared on the the Social Security Administration's top-600 for girl names every year since 1900, but didn't crack the top-100 until 1990. Olivia has now been a top-10 girl's name every year since 2001 and the No. 1 most popular girl's name every year since 2019. It's the name "Dawson's Creek" actor James Van Der Beek gave his daughter Olivia, born in 2010.
