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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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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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 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMINew York: #678 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,770 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #413 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,369 girlsMOKentucky: #340 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,004 girlsKYWest Virginia: #326 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,833 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedKSArkansas: #371 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,585 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #122 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 522 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedHITexas: #203 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 921 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Oleta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#122 · 1 in 522
  2. Texas#203 · 1 in 921
  3. West Virginia#326 · 1 in 2,833
  4. Kentucky#340 · 1 in 3,004
  5. Arkansas#371 · 1 in 2,585

Best ever in a state: #104 in Texas, 1915.

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Oklahoma#122481 in 522
Texas#203641 in 921
West Virginia#32671 in 2,833
Kentucky#340101 in 3,004
Arkansas#37181 in 2,585
Missouri#41371 in 4,369
New York#67851 in 19,770
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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
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 1922

girls
#509
187 births · 1 in 6,422 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #509Oleta187
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,422 of them was named Oleta, which outranked 91.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oleta
  1. #505Lucia190
  2. #507Petra189
  3. #508Rosemarie188
  4. #509Oleta187
  5. #509Agatha187
  6. #509Belle187
  7. #509Dovie187
  8. #513Colleen185
  9. #513Joanna185
  10. #515Johnie184

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →