How Many People Are Named Oleta?
people named Oleta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 339,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,472 babies named Oleta in Social Security records from 1888 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
216 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Oleta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Oleta alive today is about 75 years old, and 84% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Oleta first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1920, to 216 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Oleta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #421, in 1915.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #421 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #548 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Oleta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Oleta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Oleta was given 15.1 times as often in Oklahoma, 8.1 times in Texas and 5.1 times in Arkansas.
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