Ovella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ovella

The Social Security Administration has registered 418 babies named Ovella between 1892 and 1965, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ovella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ovella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ovella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ovella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ovella 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 418 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.