Ovila — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ovila

The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Ovila between 1895 and 1943, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ovila currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ovila performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ovila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Rhode Island. In total, SSA state-level files list Ovila in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ovila 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 240 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.