Ovid
- Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 741since 1886
Ovid over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ovid has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
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| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Ovid is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ovid in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ovid
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest drop: 287 spots in 1908
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 8 | #787 (1894) | #787 |
| 1900s | 22 | #930 (1907) | #1,101 |
| 1910s | 190 | #1,100 (1915) | #1,424 |
| 1920s | 195 | #1,457 (1920) | #1,859 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,753 (1930) | #2,153 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,179 (1940) | #2,708 |
| 1950s | 55 | #2,558 (1955) | #3,264 |
| 1960s | 39 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,831 |
| 1970s | 15 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,911 |
| 1980s | 5 | #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.
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