Ova
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #4,039
Given to girls 72.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,364since 1881
Ova over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #2,964 | 8 |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,064 | 51 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #1,010 | 51 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,091 | 45 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #823 | 41 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | — | |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | — | |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Ova! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ova
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 519 spots in 1889 (#1,276 → #757)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1888 (#937 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1882 at #678 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1889–1914
- Highest: 1 in 11,651 girls born in 1899 were named Ova (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #678 in 1882, was only 1 in 13,481 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.0% of all girls named Ova (382) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #678 (1882) | #890 |
| 1890s | 158 | #697 (1898) | #786 |
| 1900s | 199 | #727 (1904) | #825 |
| 1910s | 382 | #823 (1913) | #974 |
| 1920s | 337 | #1,064 (1925) | #1,439 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,658 (1933) | #2,202 |
| 1940s | 35 | #2,272 (1941) | #3,971 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,386 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,390 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 35 | #8,542 (2022) | #11,097 |
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.
Ova in 1901
Top girls' names in 1901
Top boys' names in 1901
More about 1901
girls
239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 13,297 of them was named Ova, which outranked 60.3% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 15,210 of them was named Ova, which outranked 29.1% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).