Ovada
Ovada is a comune (municipality) of 11,484 inhabitants in the Province of Alessandria in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Turin and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Alessandria.
Meaning & Origin of Ovada
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ovada is a comune (municipality) of 11,484 inhabitants in the Province of Alessandria in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Turin and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Alessandria.
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The Story of Ovada
American parents first put Ovada on the record books as a baby girl name in 1915, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 7 Ovadas were born — ranking #3,434 that year. About 58% of every Ovada on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Ovada last appeared in the published SSA data in 1922, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ovada
Ovada is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Ovada's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,434. Use the chart and map above to compare Ovada'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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