Oveta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oveta

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Oveta between 1915 and 1964, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oveta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oveta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Oveta 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 Oveta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oveta 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 216 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.