Ovi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-vee
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Ovi is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Ovi come from?
Short form in several cultures, such as Romanian Ovidiu or Bengali Abhi
Is Ovi a girl's or a boy's name?
Ovi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Ovi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Ovi, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Ovi than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 66 boys in the UK were given Ovi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #581, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Ovie 58
- Ovi 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Ovi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
How popular is Ovi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Ovi, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 2015. 8 boys were also named Ovi in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Ovi of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Ovi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ovi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
Names like Ovi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Shivansh, Prithvi, Gurbaaz, Krishiv, Avyaan, Ravi, Ivaan, Aarav, Bodhi, Aviraj, Kavi
Other spellings of Ovi
Names related to Ovi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ovi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ovi, updated 20 October 2026.