Ovedia

Girls' name

Variant of Ovidia

Ovedia has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1929, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Ovedia, 1929

1 in 365,000

Ovedia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ovedia: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Ovidia

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ovedia means

Ovedia is a variant of Ovidia.

Origin, language, and formation

Ovedia is used in Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ovidia, Ovid and Ove.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Ovedia between 1915 and 1929. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1929; its best national rank was #4,452 in 1929.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ovedia?

Ovedia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1929, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1929: 1 in 365,000; 6 of 2,192,103 births
Among girls only: 1 in 186,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1929: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 253,243 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ovedia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1929 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 253,243 children born in 1929 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ovedia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ovedias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ovedia was born before 1929 — so the typical Ovedia is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Ovedia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1929 (6)
Years since peak: 96; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,452; 1929

Spellings of Ovedia

Ovedia is not the most common spelling — Veda is, with 35.9% against Ovedia's 0.03%.

Veda35.9%14,071
Ofelia22.9%8,992
Odelia7.3%2,860
Velia7.2%2,831
Fredia5.9%2,307
Olevia5.0%1,945
Evelia4.1%1,594
Otelia3.0%1,184

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ovedia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,452; 1929
Peak year: 1929; 6 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1929
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ovedia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Oveida Oveline Oveah Tondia Naydia Naadia Ovena Cardia Kandia Akadia Kendia Overa Cledia Ovelia Elydia Jaydia Hildia Meldia Liddia Ovell Nardia Ladia Huldia Veldia

Sibling names for Ovedia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Marvel Socorro Edward Billy Donald Ardith Bennie Paul

For a brother

Normand Frances Carrol Sanford Jules Bud Rolland Gaylord

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