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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
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.
Where Ova is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ova in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ova
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 519 spots in 1889
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1882 at #678 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1889–1914
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,651
- 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
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 28.0% of all girls named Ova (382) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
- 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.
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