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I've always liked the sound of Olivia. I had a very good friend in childhood names Olivia, a few years younger than I (who was a social outcast and a little... emotionally "behind," I guess, which is why I was hanging out with someone at least 3 years younger when I was in middle school). Her parents were a bit ahead of the curve, I think, because Olivia's popularity had not yet soared near to the heights it would.

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But now I hear it on little girls all the time. I think it has been the #1 name in my state (Illinois) for a while, but now is #1 nationally, too. And the sound had become played out, so I'll never use it. :-(

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I sometimes wonder if the character Detective Olivia Benson from Law and Order: SVU had a hand in increasing the popularity of the name.

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