Girls' name · since 1917
Ouita
Ouita has 88 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ouita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1917.
Ouita has 88 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1940.
- #28,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ouita ranks #28,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ouita's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
Ouita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ouita splits its recorded history at 1925: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ouita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1940
- Peak year (1925)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ouita by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (54 births, 61% of the file).
1920s was Ouita's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Ouita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 54 births (61% of all-time use).
Ouita by state
Where Ouita concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 6 | 6.8% |
6 of 88 births nationwide.
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- Ouita's decade-level peak was the 1920s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Ouitas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ouita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1940 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ouita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.