NameTides

Oral

Oral peaked in the US in 1892 at #458, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Oral as a boy’s name

  • US
Oral as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Oral as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2003#9,581 (6)
2001#10,556 (5)
1997#9,265 (5)
1994#6,968 (7)
1993#7,638 (6)
1992#6,128 (8)
1991#8,236 (5)
1990#7,178 (6)
1988#5,751 (7)
1985#6,523 (5)
1984#4,215 (9)
1983#5,484 (6)
1982#6,385 (5)
1979#4,403 (8)
1978#5,059 (6)

Oral as a girl’s name

  • US
Oral as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Oral as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
1953#5,673 (5)
1951#4,833 (6)
1949#5,244 (5)
1947#5,295 (5)
1943#4,196 (6)
1938#4,342 (5)
1937#3,800 (6)
1936#3,103 (8)
1935#4,204 (5)
1932#4,411 (5)
1929#2,921 (10)
1928#3,164 (9)
1927#3,284 (9)
1926#4,851 (5)
1925#2,617 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1892 at #458.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 1953, 11% of US babies named Oral were girls.