Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Oletta isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oletta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 343
- 0 boys · 343 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,480 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,480 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oletta’s family of names
Oletta may belong to the same name family as OLLETTA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Oletta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Eudora
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>99% girls
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“one who wanders; an angry woman”
>99% girls