Ouida
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 142 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,886since 1887
Ouida over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ouida has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,628 | 44 |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 |
| 1952 | #1,420 | 47 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,114 | 50 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 |
| 1943 | #1,062 | 57 |
| 1942 | #987 | 63 |
| 1941 | #858 | 72 |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 |
| 1938 | #771 | 82 |
| 1937 | #713 | 91 |
| 1936 | #707 | 89 |
| 1935 | #721 | 87 |
| 1934 | #625 | 113 |
| 1933 | #533 | 142 |
| 1932 | #616 | 115 |
| 1931 | #623 | 113 |
| 1930 | #706 | 96 |
| 1929 | #666 | 110 |
| 1928 | #597 | 139 |
| 1927 | #615 | 134 |
| 1926 | #611 | 135 |
| 1925 | #605 | 144 |
| 1924 | #610 | 151 |
| 1923 | #662 | 126 |
| 1922 | #622 | 140 |
| 1921 | #603 | 144 |
| 1920 | #646 | 124 |
| 1919 | #660 | 112 |
| 1918 | #653 | 117 |
| 1917 | #703 | 96 |
| 1916 | #695 | 97 |
| 1915 | #662 | 100 |
| 1914 | #692 | 69 |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 |
| 1912 | #735 | 46 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 |
| 1908 | #791 | 24 |
| 1907 | #702 | 29 |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1887
The first year at least five girls were named Ouida! It came in at #937, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ouida
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 889 spots in 1898 (#1,555 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 848 spots in 1897 (#707 → #1,555)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1933 at #533 (142 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1906–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,098
- Highest: 1 in 7,098 girls born in 1933 were named Ouida (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,091 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 27.6% of all girls named Ouida (1,347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #937 (1887) | #981 |
| 1890s | 123 | #666 (1898) | #973 |
| 1900s | 217 | #702 (1907) | #800 |
| 1910s | 757 | #653 (1918) | #705 |
| 1920s | 1,347 | #597 (1928) | #624 |
| 1930s | 1,027 | #533 (1933) | #670 |
| 1940s | 598 | #858 (1941) | #1,063 |
| 1950s | 439 | #1,188 (1953) | #1,557 |
| 1960s | 220 | #2,150 (1961) | #2,716 |
| 1970s | 112 | #3,508 (1971) | #5,582 |
| 1980s | 26 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,004 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,783 (1995) | #11,783 |
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.
Ouida in 1898
girls
#666
24 births · 1 in 10,782 girls
Top girls' names in 1898
More about 1898
girls
258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 10,782 of them was named Ouida, which outranked 66.3% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).