Ouita — girls' name
88 babies named Ouita in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Ouita was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Ouita in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ouita
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Ouita between 1917 and 1940, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ouita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ouita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ouita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ouita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ouita 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 88 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.
Ouita at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ouita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1917
- Peak year (1925)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
88 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 11 births in a single year.
Ouita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 54 births that decade — 61% of Ouita's all-time total
Ouita decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ouita's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1940 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.