Oiva — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oiva

The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Oiva between 1913 and 1924, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oiva currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oiva performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oiva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oiva in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oiva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 104 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.