Oral*
#2,298 most common boys' name of all time · #5,533 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1880–2003 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,298
Rank overall
#5,533 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
3,308
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #598
Best rank
#471 1892
Girls
Boys
peak 123/yr
Oral is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,608 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,575 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,287 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,986 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,663 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,148 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,270 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,207 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,779 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,569 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,230 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,522 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,420 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,424 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,079 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,181 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,623 |
| 1975 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,259 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,028 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,012 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,679 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,083 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,334 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,484 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,799 |
| 1965 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,932 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,427 |
| 1963 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,970 |
| 1962 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,720 |
| 1961 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,501 |
| 1960 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,697 |
| 1959 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,528 |
| 1958 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,324 |
| 1957 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,459 |
| 1956 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,072 |
| 1955 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,004 |
| 1954 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,056 |
| 1953 | 5 | 39 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1952 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,230 |
| 1951 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #1,347 |
| 1950 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,469 |
| 1949 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #1,443 |
| 1948 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,616 |
| 1947 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,657 |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,519 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,544 |
| 1944 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,536 |
| 1943 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1942 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,434 |
| 1941 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 1940 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,277 |
| 1939 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,537 |
| 1938 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,480 |
| 1937 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #1,376 |
| 1936 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1935 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,083 |
| 1934 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,044 |
| 1933 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,035 |
| 1932 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,162 |
| 1931 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,019 |
| 1930 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,041 |
| 1929 | 10 | 47 | 57 | #986 |
| 1928 | 9 | 56 | 65 | #894 |
| 1927 | 9 | 60 | 69 | #878 |
| 1926 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #893 |
| 1925 | 13 | 63 | 76 | #839 |
| 1924 | 10 | 77 | 87 | #763 |
| 1923 | 9 | 49 | 58 | #994 |
| 1922 | 18 | 82 | 100 | #727 |
| 1921 | 14 | 80 | 94 | #739 |
| 1920 | 24 | 84 | 108 | #708 |
| 1919 | 26 | 79 | 105 | #710 |
| 1918 | 19 | 72 | 91 | #766 |
| 1917 | 24 | 99 | 123 | #598 |
| 1916 | 28 | 83 | 111 | #644 |
| 1915 | 22 | 83 | 105 | #639 |
| 1914 | 11 | 55 | 66 | #693 |
| 1913 | 12 | 44 | 56 | #685 |
| 1912 | 12 | 38 | 50 | #695 |
| 1911 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #677 |
| 1910 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #628 |
| 1909 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #642 |
| 1908 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #732 |
| 1907 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #751 |
| 1906 | 14 | 14 | 28 | #660 |
| 1905 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #609 |
| 1904 | — | 13 | 13 | #670 |
| 1903 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #947 |
| 1902 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #723 |
| 1901 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #886 |
| 1900 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #666 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #687 |
| 1898 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #536 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #757 |
| 1896 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #797 |
| 1895 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #599 |
| 1894 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #493 |
| 1893 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #680 |
| 1892 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #471 |
| 1891 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #734 |
| 1890 | — | 12 | 12 | #592 |
| 1889 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #698 |
| 1888 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #634 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #672 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #600 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #924 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #725 |