Oiva
Oiva is a Finnish masculine given name meaning "splendid."
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Oiva
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oiva is a Finnish masculine given name meaning "splendid."
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Oiva
The earliest SSA record of Oiva as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Oiva — #1,771 in the national rankings. About 69% of every Oiva on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Oiva last appeared in the published SSA data in 1924, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 104 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Oiva
Oiva is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 104 births in the dataset. Oiva's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,771. Use the chart and map above to compare Oiva's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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