Oral
Last seen for girls in 1953 at #5,673 · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #9,581
Given to boys 84.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,802since 1880
Oral over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,713 | 22 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,496 | 29 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,692 | 23 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,321 | 34 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,071 | 50 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,002 | 56 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | — | #1,227 | 36 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | — | #1,464 | 25 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | — | #1,421 | 24 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,275 | 28 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,157 | 34 |
| 1931 | — | #1,015 | 43 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,037 | 44 | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #891 | 56 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #872 | 60 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #890 | 57 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #835 | 63 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #722 | 82 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #737 | 80 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | #705 | 84 |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 | #704 | 79 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #761 | 72 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | #597 | 99 |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | #641 | 83 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #637 | 83 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #687 | 55 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #681 | 44 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #692 | 38 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #621 | 22 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #636 | 18 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #523 | 16 |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #458 | 18 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Oral was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Oral
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1884 (#892 → #570)
- Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1923 (#722 → #992)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #458 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1888–1929
- Highest: 1 in 6,780 boys born in 1892 were named Oral (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 329,225 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 23.4% of all boys named Oral (655) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1906, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #570 (1884) | #679 |
| 1890s | 122 | #458 (1892) | #612 |
| 1900s | 128 | #592 (1905) | #707 |
| 1910s | 597 | #597 (1917) | #669 |
| 1920s | 655 | #705 (1920) | #839 |
| 1930s | 337 | #1,015 (1931) | #1,176 |
| 1940s | 224 | #1,275 (1940) | #1,495 |
| 1950s | 376 | #1,002 (1955) | #1,265 |
| 1960s | 158 | #1,496 (1961) | #2,249 |
| 1970s | 72 | #3,013 (1973) | #4,132 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,215 (1984) | #5,672 |
| 1990s | 37 | #6,128 (1992) | #7,569 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,581 (2003) | #10,069 |
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.
Oral in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 12,529 of them was named Oral, which outranked 41.0% 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).