# Oleta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oleta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,472 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,472 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 12 | 4,713 |
| 1973 | 5 | 9,355 |
| 1974 | 8 | 6,681 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,941 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,887 |
| 1977 | 7 | 8,157 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,923 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7,817 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,787 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,757 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,825 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,417 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14,867 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,436 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13,143 |

## People named Oleta

- Oleta Adams, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.