Oved — boys' name
60 babies named Oved in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Oved was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Oved in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oved
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Oved between 1979 and 2015, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oved currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oved performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oved shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oved in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oved 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 60 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.
Oved at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oved popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1979
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
60 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 9 births in a single year.
Oved by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 45 births that decade — 75% of Oved's all-time total
Oved decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Oved's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Oved by state
Where Oved concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 8.3% |
5 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% 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, 1979–2015 (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.