Is Ovie a boy or girl name?

Ovie is a unisex name. Of the 854 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 42.7% were girls and 57.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1918, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Ovie

Recorded 1884–2025 · United States

Ovie was most popular in 1917, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,332 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 854 people named Ovie.

Ovie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ovie’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ovie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ovie is a unisex name — 42.7% of the 854 Americans given it were girls and 57.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1918 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org