Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ovid

#5,753 most common boys' name of all time · #14,334 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–1989

Rank among boys
#5,753
Rank overall
#14,334 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
741
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #1,114
Best rank
#851 1894
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
19001920194019601980

Ovid first appears in 1886. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1989 — 5 5 #7,979
1973 — 5 5 #5,171
1971 — 5 5 #4,982
1970 — 5 5 #4,798
1968 — 5 5 #4,216
1965 — 5 5 #3,990
1964 — 5 5 #4,099
1963 — 5 5 #4,120
1962 — 6 6 #3,689
1961 — 7 7 #3,409
1960 — 6 6 #3,715
1957 — 6 6 #3,633
1956 — 6 6 #3,589
1955 — 10 10 #2,607
1954 — 5 5 #3,898
1953 — 6 6 #3,490
1952 — 8 8 #2,926
1951 — 9 9 #2,705
1950 — 5 5 #3,755
1949 — 6 6 #3,365
1948 — 5 5 #3,754
1947 — 9 9 #2,723
1946 — 8 8 #2,733
1945 — 8 8 #2,623
1944 — 10 10 #2,353
1943 — 7 7 #3,009
1942 — 9 9 #2,572
1941 — 11 11 #2,253
1940 — 11 11 #2,223
1939 — 10 10 #2,347
1938 — 14 14 #1,932
1937 — 13 13 #2,025
1936 — 8 8 #2,676
1935 — 9 9 #2,583
1934 — 12 12 #2,166
1933 — 10 10 #2,416
1932 — 16 16 #1,876
1931 — 13 13 #2,146
1930 — 18 18 #1,781
1929 — 8 8 #3,046
1928 — 18 18 #1,855
1927 — 26 26 #1,492
1926 — 22 22 #1,638
1925 — 22 22 #1,651
1924 — 20 20 #1,802
1923 — 14 14 #2,261
1922 — 16 16 #2,077
1921 — 23 23 #1,616
1920 — 26 26 #1,482
1919 — 28 28 #1,368
1918 — 24 24 #1,515
1917 — 25 25 #1,418
1916 — 27 27 #1,325
1915 — 34 34 #1,114
1914 — 14 14 #1,722
1913 — 12 12 #1,619
1912 — 14 14 #1,310
1911 — 5 5 #1,832
1910 — 7 7 #1,380
1909 — 7 7 #1,232
1908 — 6 6 #1,308
1907 — 9 9 #981
1894 — 8 8 #851
1886 — 5 5 #1,100