Oleta
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #12,206
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 207 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,472since 1888
Oleta over time
Rank among girls' names. Oleta has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 |
| 1943 | #935 | 70 |
| 1942 | #946 | 69 |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 |
| 1940 | #834 | 73 |
| 1939 | #773 | 78 |
| 1938 | #731 | 88 |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 |
| 1936 | #717 | 87 |
| 1935 | #701 | 92 |
| 1934 | #632 | 112 |
| 1933 | #597 | 117 |
| 1932 | #629 | 113 |
| 1931 | #596 | 123 |
| 1930 | #652 | 111 |
| 1929 | #644 | 117 |
| 1928 | #588 | 143 |
| 1927 | #565 | 158 |
| 1926 | #584 | 147 |
| 1925 | #586 | 151 |
| 1924 | #553 | 174 |
| 1923 | #546 | 173 |
| 1922 | #509 | 187 |
| 1921 | #478 | 208 |
| 1920 | #459 | 216 |
| 1919 | #487 | 189 |
| 1918 | #496 | 186 |
| 1917 | #449 | 206 |
| 1916 | #441 | 204 |
| 1915 | #419 | 207 |
| 1914 | #421 | 161 |
| 1913 | #427 | 133 |
| 1912 | #452 | 110 |
| 1911 | #450 | 82 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #516 | 53 |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Oleta! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Oleta is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#109 · 1 in 396
- Texas#132 · 1 in 556
- Arkansas#277 · 1 in 1,636
- West Virginia#357 · 1 in 3,223
- North Carolina#437 · 1 in 5,251
Best ever in a state: #104 in Texas, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #109 | 50 | 1 in 396 |
| Texas | #132 | 85 | 1 in 556 |
| Arkansas | #277 | 11 | 1 in 1,636 |
| West Virginia | #357 | 5 | 1 in 3,223 |
| North Carolina | #437 | 6 | 1 in 5,251 |
| Alabama | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,974 |
| New York | #648 | 5 | 1 in 19,441 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Oleta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1908 (#898 → #678)
- Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1902 (#918 → #1,219)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1915 at #419 (207 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1904–1943
- Highest: 1 in 4,696 girls born in 1913 were named Oleta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 234,409 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #419 in 1915, was only 1 in 4,753 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.6% of all girls named Oleta (1,674) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 23 | #1,047 (1896) | #1,201 |
| 1900s | 198 | #516 (1909) | #909 |
| 1910s | 1,533 | #419 (1915) | #459 |
| 1920s | 1,674 | #459 (1920) | #551 |
| 1930s | 990 | #596 (1931) | #685 |
| 1940s | 523 | #834 (1940) | #1,197 |
| 1950s | 265 | #1,555 (1951) | #2,083 |
| 1960s | 137 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,876 |
| 1970s | 75 | #4,523 (1972) | #7,030 |
| 1980s | 22 | #7,312 (1983) | #7,873 |
| 1990s | 15 | #7,987 (1991) | #10,652 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,419 |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,206 (2021) | #12,206 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Oleta in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
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1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,249 of them was named Oleta, which outranked 91.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.