Oletta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oletta

The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Oletta between 1912 and 1959, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oletta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oletta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Oletta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Oletta in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oletta 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 337 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.