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.

Ovie**

#5,292 most common boys' name of all time · #13,152 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1884–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#5,292
Rank overall
#13,152 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
854
Since 2016
88
Peak year
1917 #1,773
Best rank
#1,211 1896
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ovie first appears in 1884. 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
2025 9 9 #8,263
2024 9 9 #8,334
2023 22 22 #4,617
2022 13 13 #6,492
2021 15 15 #5,784
2020 6 6 #10,654
2019 8 8 #8,920
2017 6 6 #10,820
2015 7 7 #9,601
2014 6 6 #10,769
2012 6 6 #10,812
2005 6 6 #10,190
2001 5 5 #10,592
1995 5 5 #8,926
1978 5 5 #5,825
1969 5 5 #4,461
1967 7 7 #3,274
1962 6 6 #3,678
1957 6 6 #3,617
1956 8 8 #3,005
1952 11 11 #2,411
1949 6 6 #3,351
1948 7 7 #3,066
1946 6 6 #3,230
1945 9 9 #2,431
1944 5 5 #3,482
1943 5 5 #3,603
1940 5 5
1939 5 5 #3,553
1937 6 6 #3,233
1936 6 8 14 #2,665
1935 6 6 #3,312
1934 7 7 #3,023
1933 5 5 #3,696
1932 8 10 18 #2,515
1931 7 8 15 #2,908
1930 7 7
1929 5 13 18 #2,238
1928 9 14 23 #2,190
1927 11 10 21 #2,739
1926 5 12 17 #2,460
1925 15 15 #2,117
1924 9 12 21 #2,504
1923 11 12 23 #2,480
1922 19 13 32 #2,379
1921 15 7 22 #3,566
1920 20 13 33 #2,363
1919 18 12 30 #2,407
1918 17 14 31 #2,186
1917 15 18 33 #1,773
1916 16 16 32 #1,883
1915 13 13 26 #2,101
1914 12 15 27 #1,634
1913 5 11 16 #1,723
1912 11 11
1911 10 10
1910 7 7
1909 8 8
1908 12 12
1907 6 6
1906 9 9
1905 10 10
1904 10 10
1901 10 10
1900 7 7
1899 5 5
1898 6 6
1896 5 5 #1,211
1895 6 6
1894 5 5
1888 5 5
1884 5 5