Unisex name · since 1916
Ovis
5 babies named Ovis in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #69,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ovis sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 5 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ovis has been recorded 5 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1916.
- #69,297 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 5 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ovis ranks #69,297 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #69,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ovis's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ovis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1916
- Peak year (1916)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Ovis popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1918 (Ovis as boys' name)
Ovis by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1910s was Ovis's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ovis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ovis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1916 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ovis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.