Ovid

Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905

Peak · boys
1894 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
741
since 1886

Ovid over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ovid has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #787, 1894boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#7,9055
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1973#5,1015
1972
1971#4,9075
1970#4,7245
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1968#4,1365
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1965#3,9305
1964#4,0395
1963#4,0485
1962#3,6406
1961#3,3567
1960#3,6656
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1957#3,5526
1956#3,5356
1955#2,55810
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952#2,8758
1951#2,6629
1950#3,6815
1949#3,2986
1948#3,6685
1947#2,6719
1946#2,6908
1945#2,5748
1944#2,30910
1943#2,9647
1942#2,5239
1941#2,20711
1940#2,17911
1939#2,28810
1938#1,90114
1937#1,99213
1936#2,6298
1935#2,5299
1934#2,12112
1933#2,36810
1932#1,84816
1931#2,10113
1930#1,75318
1929#2,9808
1928#1,82218
1927#1,46826
1926#1,60522
1925#1,62822
1924#1,77620
1923#2,22414
1922#2,04016
1921#1,58823
1920#1,45726
1919#1,35128
1918#1,49924
1917#1,39625
1916#1,30427
1915#1,10034
1914#1,68714
1913#1,58012
1912#1,26814
1911#1,7405
1910#1,3147
1909#1,1557
1908#1,2176
1907#9309
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Ovid! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ovid
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
  • Biggest drop: 287 spots in 1908 (#930#1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1894 at #787 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1886–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,471
  • Highest: 1 in 14,471 boys born in 1894 were named Ovid (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.3% of all boys named Ovid (195) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s8#787 (1894)#787
1900s22#930 (1907)#1,101
1910s190#1,100 (1915)#1,424
1920s195#1,457 (1920)#1,859
1930s123#1,753 (1930)#2,153
1940s84#2,179 (1940)#2,708
1950s55#2,558 (1955)#3,264
1960s39#3,356 (1961)#3,831
1970s15#4,724 (1970)#4,911
1980s5#7,905 (1989)#7,905

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ovid in 1886

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#959
5 births · 1 in 22,157 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #959Ovid5
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Ovid, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ovid
  1. #845Vivian6
  2. #845Wayland6
  3. #845Wells6
  4. #959Ovid5
  5. #959Acey5
  6. #959Adelbert5
  7. #959Alan5

Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886