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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ouida

Ouida was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 535th; the most babies were born in 1924 (151). More babies were named Ouida in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1924151 babies
Total since 1880
4,886babies recorded

Ouida popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#7,9148
1970#3,82716
1960#2,49124
1950#1,42742
1940#87467
1930#70996
1920#649124
1910#77831
1900#72026
1890#1,0778
1880——

How popular is Ouida, counting every spelling?

Ouida has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Ouida?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Ouida are alive today, with a median age of 75; half are between 66 and 84. That makes Ouida a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Ouida by state

How common Ouida was among girls born in each state in 1922–1926, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (7.2×), Mississippi (7.0×), Texas (5.3×), Georgia (5.0×), Louisiana (4.5×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesAR0.36Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOK0.14Louisiana: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesLA0.51Mississippi: 0.80 per 1,000 babiesMS0.80Alabama: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesAL0.38Georgia: 0.57 per 1,000 babiesGA0.57Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.60 per 1,000 babiesTX0.60Florida: 0.83 per 1,000 babiesFL0.83
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ouida, girls, 1922–1926. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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Questions about the name Ouida

How popular is the name Ouida?

Ouida was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 535th; the most babies were born in 1924 (151). More babies were named Ouida in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Ouida a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 4,886 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Ouida most popular?

In 1922–1926, Ouida was most common in Florida (0.83 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Texas.