Oveta
- Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,767
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 216since 1915
Oveta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Oveta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
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| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Oveta! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Oveta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Oveta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1953 at #2,921 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 115,763
- Highest: 1 in 115,763 girls born in 1918 were named Oveta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,971 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,921 in 1953, was only 1 in 134,379 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 27.3% of all girls named Oveta (59) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 26 | #3,024 (1918) | #4,057 |
| 1920s | 54 | #3,400 (1921) | #4,421 |
| 1930s | 45 | #3,156 (1935) | #3,720 |
| 1940s | 21 | #2,986 (1942) | #4,159 |
| 1950s | 59 | #2,921 (1953) | #4,634 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,851 (1961) | #6,309 |
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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