Ovid

Boy · recorded 1886–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ovid.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1886

0356918861912193819631989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 64 recorded years as a table
Ovid, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188645
189469
190761
190839
190943
191036
191122
191233
191323
191421
191540
191630
191727
191824
191929
192024
192121
192215
192313
192418
192520
192620
192723
192816
19297
193016
193113
193215
193310
193412
19359
19368
193712
193813
19399
19409
19419
19427
19435
19447
19456
19465
19475
19483
19493
19503
19515
19524
19533
19542
19555
19563
19573
19603
19613
19623
19632
19643
19653
19683
19703
19713
19733
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ovid isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1886
741

Ovid was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 69 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ovid doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.