Ovida — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ovida

The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Ovida between 1912 and 1965, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ovida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ovida performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ovida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ovida in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ovida 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 182 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.