How Many People Are Named Ouida?
people named Ouida are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 263,113 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,886 babies named Ouida in Social Security records from 1887 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
151 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Used by the English author Ouida (1839-1908), born Marie Louise Ramé to a French father. Ouida was a pseudonym that arose from her own childhood pronunciation of her middle name LOUISE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ouida in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ouida alive today is about 74 years old, and 84% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ouida first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 1924, to 151 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 1995
🏆 Rank History
Ouida has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #535, in 1933.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #535 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #626 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ouida alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ouida were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 148 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ouida was given 9.3 times as often in Mississippi, 5.8 times in Georgia and 5.5 times in Florida.
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