Oley

Last seen for girls in 1914 at #3,618 · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,282
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
373
since 1883

Oley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Oley has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #848, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1964#3,2827
1963#3,6466
1962#4,0335
1961#4,0655
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1959#3,2907
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1956#3,9425
1955#3,8865
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1952#3,0957
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1950#2,5809
1949#3,0197
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1947#2,49810
1946#2,9197
1945
1944#2,4679
1943#3,2316
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1941#3,1336
1940#2,6718
1939#2,6098
1938#2,4799
1937#2,9057
1936#2,30110
1935#2,5299
1934#2,7428
1933#3,6425
1932
1931#3,7635
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1929
1928#2,52211
1927#2,70310
1926#2,18614
1925#2,58811
1924#2,82210
1923#2,44612
1922#2,14315
1921#2,63211
1920#2,76510
1919#2,8779
1918#3,3687
1917#2,56210
1916#2,9268
1915#2,6219
1914#3,6185#2,4578
1913#1,80310
1912#2,5445
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1901#9436
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1898#1,1215
1897#9426
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1891#9635
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1884#8486
1883#8925
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Oley! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Oley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
  • Biggest jump: 44 spots in 1884 (#892#848)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1898 (#942#1,121)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1884 at #848 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1883–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
  • Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Oley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,671 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #848 in 1884, was only 1 in 19,074 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.9% of all boys named Oley (104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#848 (1884)#870
1890s16#942 (1897)#1,009
1900s6#943 (1901)#943
1910s66#1,803 (1913)#2,645
1920s104#2,143 (1922)#2,534
1930s61#2,301 (1936)#2,871
1940s53#2,467 (1944)#2,848
1950s33#2,580 (1950)#3,359
1960s23#3,282 (1964)#3,757

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Oley in 1897

boys
#942
6 births · 1 in 18,793 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #942Oley6
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Oley, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oley
  1. #852Wilfrid7
  2. #852Willam7
  3. #852Yee7
  4. #942Oley6
  5. #942Agnes6
  6. #942Alec6
  7. #942Allison6
  8. #1,057Abbie5
  9. #1,057Abie5
  10. #1,057Acie5

Tied with 114 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. 509Roswell#982#473
  2. 487Theron#982#495
  3. 486Alois#1,101#615
  4. 486Rush#1,101#615
  5. 467Helmer#982#515
Fallers
  1. 480Benton#462#942
  2. 465Louise#592#1,057
  3. 465Bradford#592#1,057
  4. 461Allison#481#942
  5. 424Hilliard#518#942

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897