Oval*
#6,548 most common boys' name of all time · #16,399 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1898–1952 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,548
Rank overall
#16,399 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
601
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,244
Best rank
#1,244 1920
Girls
Boys
peak 44/yr
Oval first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,459 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,786 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,162 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,749 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,817 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,028 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,445 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,592 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,269 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,274 |
| 1936 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,227 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,808 |
| 1933 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,615 |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,541 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,643 |
| 1928 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,439 |
| 1927 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,912 |
| 1926 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,243 |
| 1924 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,755 |
| 1923 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #1,843 |
| 1922 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #1,422 |
| 1921 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #1,679 |
| 1920 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #1,244 |
| 1919 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #1,510 |
| 1918 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #1,426 |
| 1917 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #1,621 |
| 1916 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #1,365 |
| 1915 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 1914 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #1,589 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,165 |
| 1912 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,874 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,397 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,600 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | — |