Just how popular is the name.....
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| Fri, 05-04-2007 - 1:58pm |
I have really liked the name Livia for many years. Not as big a fan of Olivia. I think the name Livia ia very pretty and I can see myself calling my little girl Livy at times as well, even though I am not normally a nickname kind of person. My question is this: how popular/trendy is the name Olivia?
Listen to me ramble.....I don't even know if we will have a girl. ANd after having 3 boys I'd say our chances are pretty slim!! And I know, how can I sit here and ask about how popular/trendy is Olivia when our third boy is Joshua--one of the most popular boys names out there! (But I just love it!)
Thanks for any thoughts!
Theresa
Mom to: Brendan, Aaron, & Joshua
Oh--Livia (for me anyway) comes from Roman history. (She was wife to Augustus.)

Like a pp mentioned, there's a big difference between popular and trendy (Jason pointed this out when we were naming Abigail ). Both Joshua and Olivia fall into the popular classic, rather than trendy, category. Livia even more so, since it's NOT popular (though obviously similar to a name that is).
If it helps, it seemed nearly everyone having girls in our birthing class
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Here's the popularity of Olivia from 1985 to 2004:
1985: 248th most popular.
1986: 215th most popular.
1987: 166th most popular.
1988: 134th most popular.
1989: 123rd most popular.
1990: 74th most popular.
1991: 62nd most popular.
1992: 57th most popular.
1993: 50th most popular.
1994: 50th most popular.
1995: 39th most popular.
1996: 35th most popular.
1997: 27th most popular.
1998: 22nd most popular.
1999: 20th most popular.
2000: 16th most popular.
2001: 11th most popular.
2002: 10th most popular.
2003: 5th most popular.
2004: 4th most popular.
Due to the gradual rate at which the name Olivia has risen, it may not seem nearly as trendy (or dated, in a decade or two) as other very popular names which leapt from obscurity into extreme popularity quite suddenly in the last couple of years.
Livia is a much, much less common name, but it still sounds popular by association (to me at least). It's a lovely name though, and Olivia, which seems to be concentrated in particular regions, may not be common in your area.