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A name. A world of connections.
“sweetly speaking”
[oˈlaʝa] · Spanish (no sheísta)
01 / Meaning & origin
Olaya is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Polish and Asturian. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Εὐλαλία via Latin, with the stated meaning “sweetly speaking”.
Meaning: “sweetly speaking”
From Latin Eulalia, from Ancient Greek Εὐλαλία (Eulalía), from εὔλαλος (eúlalos, “sweetly speaking”). Cognate with Spanish Eulalia, Galician Olalla and French Eulalie.
02 / Across borders
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Published statistics
United States, 2025: 10 girls (rank 9457).
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03 / By the numbers
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2000–2025 Spelling: Olaya
Recorded category girls
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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 1,089 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 1 | 1,272 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 1 | 1,368 | observed |
| 2008 | 2 | 1,150 | observed |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | 1 | 1,531 | observed |
| 2012 | 1 | 1,588 | observed |
| 2013 | 2 | 1,340 | observed |
| 2014 | 1 | 1,638 | observed |
| 2015 | 1 | 1,674 | observed |
| 2016 | 2 | 1,458 | observed |
| 2017 | 2 | 1,494 | observed |
| 2018 | 1 | 1,797 | observed |
| 2019 | 1 | 1,785 | observed |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 3 | 1,298 | observed |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,513 | observed |
| 2024 | 4 | 1,147 | observed |
| 2025 | 4 | 1,168 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Olaya” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
