Ouida — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ouida

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,886 babies named Ouida between 1887 and 1995, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ouida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ouida performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,347 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ouida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 852 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ouida in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ouida 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 4,886 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.