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 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 52,046 of them was named Oral, which outranked 52.4% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,670Wilmer13
- #1,670Yolande13
- #1,670Zela13
- #1,766Oral12
- #1,766Albena12
- #1,766Aleene12
- #1,766Alison12
- #1,883Abby11
- #1,883Adelyn11
- #1,883Agness11
Tied with 116 names at #1,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 11,649 of them was named Oral, which outranked 79.1% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).