How Many People Are Named Ovid?
An estimated 169 people in the United States have the first name Ovid. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 75 years old, and Ovid peaked in popularity in 1915 with 34 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ovid as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ovid paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 75, Ovid is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1961.
Estimated Living Americans
169
About 1 in 2,028,132 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
75
years old
Peak Year
1915
34 births
Total Registered
741
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ovid
Ovid is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 741 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ovid as a male name
Ranked #8,887 in 1989
5 male births in 1989
Peak: 1915 (34 births)
Ovid: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ovid span from the 1880s to the 1980s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 195 babies were registered. Ovid has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ovid by Decade
How has Ovid tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ovid + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ovid as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ovid
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
Ovid: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ovid?
We estimate approximately 169 people named Ovid are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,028,132 Americans share this first name.
Is Ovid a common name?
Ovid is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 741 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ovid most popular?
Ovid reached peak popularity in 1915, when 34 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ovid is approximately 75 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ovid a male name?
Ovid is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ovid Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ovid Smith, Ovid Johnson, Ovid Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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