How Many People Are Named Ova?
people named Ova are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,010,499 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,892 babies named Ova in Social Security records from 1881 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
71 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ova, 62.7% were girls and 37.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ova fell from 96.3% in the 1890s to 33.7% in the 1940s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ova alive today is about 66 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 88 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ova first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1918, to 71 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Ova has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #711, in 1898. Among boys, its best rank was #922, in 1901.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #711 (1898) | #922 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #985 in the 1910s | #2,070 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ova alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ova were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 32 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ova was given 19.6 times as often in Kentucky, 10.3 times in Tennessee and 7.8 times in Arkansas.
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