Ova**
#4,629 most common girls' name of all time · #7,873 across all names · 28% male / 72% female · used 1881–2023 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#4,629
Rank overall
#7,873 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
1,892
Since 2016
35
Peak year
1918 #1,097
Best rank
#713 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 71/yr
Ova first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,236 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,557 |
| 2021 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,585 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,115 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,443 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #5,249 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,612 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,616 |
| 1944 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #4,097 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,677 |
| 1941 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #2,287 |
| 1940 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,410 |
| 1939 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #2,447 |
| 1938 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #2,362 |
| 1937 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #2,344 |
| 1936 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #2,897 |
| 1935 | 17 | 12 | 29 | #1,936 |
| 1934 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #2,219 |
| 1933 | 21 | 16 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1932 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #1,897 |
| 1931 | 16 | 16 | 32 | #2,045 |
| 1930 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #2,454 |
| 1929 | 17 | 13 | 30 | #2,033 |
| 1928 | 23 | 10 | 33 | #1,751 |
| 1927 | 33 | 8 | 41 | #1,409 |
| 1926 | 22 | 19 | 41 | #1,843 |
| 1925 | 51 | 20 | 71 | #1,068 |
| 1924 | 38 | 25 | 63 | #1,307 |
| 1923 | 36 | 16 | 52 | #1,309 |
| 1922 | 35 | 22 | 57 | #1,349 |
| 1921 | 40 | 18 | 58 | #1,227 |
| 1920 | 42 | 8 | 50 | #1,177 |
| 1919 | 51 | 15 | 66 | #1,012 |
| 1918 | 45 | 26 | 71 | #1,097 |
| 1917 | 46 | 14 | 60 | #1,047 |
| 1916 | 44 | 18 | 62 | #1,047 |
| 1915 | 40 | 22 | 62 | #1,063 |
| 1914 | 42 | 9 | 51 | #906 |
| 1913 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #827 |
| 1912 | 29 | 7 | 36 | #947 |
| 1911 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #916 |
| 1910 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #952 |
| 1909 | 27 | — | 27 | #784 |
| 1908 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #865 |
| 1907 | 23 | 6 | 29 | #784 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | 15 | #985 |
| 1905 | 18 | — | 18 | #889 |
| 1904 | 23 | — | 23 | #742 |
| 1903 | 18 | — | 18 | #824 |
| 1902 | 18 | — | 18 | #830 |
| 1901 | 18 | 7 | 25 | #787 |
| 1900 | 18 | — | 18 | #903 |
| 1899 | 20 | — | 20 | #719 |
| 1898 | 22 | — | 22 | #713 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | 19 | #729 |
| 1896 | 15 | — | 15 | #862 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | 20 | #718 |
| 1894 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #980 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | 16 | #763 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | 10 | #993 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | 12 | #815 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | 13 | #782 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | 12 | #790 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,318 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | 7 | #988 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | 7 | #949 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | — | 6 | #980 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | 6 | #882 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | 8 | #727 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | 5 | #926 |