Oleta

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #12,206

Peak · girls
1915 · 207 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,472
since 1888

Oleta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Oleta has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #419, 1915girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2021#12,2067
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2015#16,4195
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1992#13,3175
1991#7,98710
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1983#7,3128
1982—
1981#8,1287
1980#8,1787
1979#7,3138
1978#9,7505
1977#7,5677
1976#8,1566
1975#6,4848
1974#6,2588
1973#8,4235
1972#4,52312
1971#6,0068
1970#5,8188
1969#4,72310
1968#3,16917
1967#6,8045
1966#3,26615
1965#4,4949
1964#3,00018
1963#3,17616
1962#4,01111
1961#3,60813
1960#2,51223
1959#2,45822
1958#2,32224
1957#2,12127
1956#2,05828
1955#1,94030
1954#2,02727
1953#2,07125
1952#2,41119
1951#1,55537
1950#1,87126
1949#1,69731
1948#1,38644
1947#1,60235
1946#1,39439
1945#1,21343
1944#1,01759
1943#93570
1942#94669
1941#94860
1940#83473
1939#77378
1938#73188
1937#82469
1936#71787
1935#70192
1934#632112
1933#597117
1932#629113
1931#596123
1930#652111
1929#644117
1928#588143
1927#565158
1926#584147
1925#586151
1924#553174
1923#546173
1922#509187
1921#478208
1920#459216
1919#487189
1918#496186
1917#449206
1916#441204
1915#419207
1914#421161
1913#427133
1912#452110
1911#45082
1910#55055
1909#51653
1908#67832
1907#89818
1906#91716
1905#84819
1904#96514
1903#1,02712
1902#1,2199
1901#91813
1900#1,10612
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1897#1,3856
1896#1,04710
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1892#1,1717
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1888#1,2765
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First appearance
1888

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 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Oleta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1908 (#898 → #678)
  • Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1902 (#918 → #1,219)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1915 at #419 (207 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1904–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,696
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 30.6% of all girls named Oleta (1,674) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s23#1,047 (1896)#1,201
1900s198#516 (1909)#909
1910s1,533#419 (1915)#459
1920s1,674#459 (1920)#551
1930s990#596 (1931)#685
1940s523#834 (1940)#1,197
1950s265#1,555 (1951)#2,083
1960s137#2,512 (1960)#3,876
1970s75#4,523 (1972)#7,030
1980s22#7,312 (1983)#7,873
1990s15#7,987 (1991)#10,652
2000s0——
2010s5#16,419 (2015)#16,419
2020s7#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 1888

girls
#1,276
5 births · 1 in 35,724 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #1,276Oleta5
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 35,724 of them was named Oleta, which outranked 13.4% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oleta
  1. #1,136Vita6
  2. #1,136Willia6
  3. #1,136Zillah6
  4. #1,276Oleta5
  5. #1,276Adel5
  6. #1,276Adelle5
  7. #1,276Adina5

Tied with 198 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →