Girls' name · since 2001
Oviya
Oviya has 160 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16319
- among girls today
- 160
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 8%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Oviya is the #16319 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 160 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oviya has been recorded 160 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #16319 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #16319 among girls today
- 160 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
- 8% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Oviya is currently the #16319 girls' name in America, more common than 8% of girls - 160 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16319
- among girls today
- 160
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 8%
- more common than other girls
Oviya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 8% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Oviya was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Oviya in 2011 - its busiest year on record.
How Oviya compares
160 32nd percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oviya's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oviya | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 160 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 48 | 19,840 |
Oviya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oviya splits its recorded history at 2011: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oviya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oviya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #16319 among girls.
160 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 20 births in a single year.
Oviya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Oviya's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Oviya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (50% of all-time use).
Oviya decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Oviya by state
Where Oviya concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 4.4% |
7 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Oviya's data
- Oviya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Oviyas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Oviya: #16319 Girls' Name - 160 Births, Peak 2011." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/oviya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Oviya 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 July 2026.
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