Ovie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-vee
- UK rank, 2025
- #687 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Ovie is a boys' name, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 687th for boys in the UK (58 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Ovie mean?
Urhobo name from southern Nigeria
“king”
In the Urhobo language of Nigeria's Delta State, Ovie is the title of a traditional king.
Is Ovie a girl's or a boy's name?
Ovie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ovie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 687th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 123% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the UK were named Ovie, making it the 687th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 825th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 59 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ovie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 boys in the UK were given Ovie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #581, up from #687 for this spelling alone.
- Ovie 58
- Ovi 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales, 647th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Ovie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #687 |
| 2024 | 59 | #687 |
| 2023 | 48 | #770 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 43 | #832 |
| 2020 | 41 | #825 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Ovie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ovie, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the boys named Ovie in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1922, 59% of the babies named Ovie in the US were girls.
Ovie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
Names like Ovie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ollie, Archie, Louie, Otis, Otto, Albie, Dougie, Charlie, Lockie, Hughie, Georgie, Oakley
Other spellings of Ovie
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, “Ovie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ovie, updated 20 October 2026.