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Oral Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Oral?

In 2018 less than 5 children were given the name in the United States.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Oral has seen higher popularity rankings.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #474 was reached in 1892.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1917 with 99 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Oral in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Oral occurred roughly during the years 1906-1915, and 1948-1955, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1920-1923.

Sometimes the name Oral has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Oral be?

For a number of years, the name Oral has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Oral has remained about the same.

The name Oral is mostly unused and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Oral has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Oral (Girl)Oral (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- < 5 --
2005 < 5 -- < 5 --
2004 < 5 -- < 5 --
2003 < 5 -- 6 10,509
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- 5 11,832
2000 < 5 -- < 5 --
1999 < 5 -- < 5 --
1998 < 5 -- < 5 --
1997 < 5 -- 5 10,373
1996 < 5 -- < 5 --
1995 < 5 -- < 5 --
1994 < 5 -- 7 7,533
1993 < 5 -- 6 8,395
1992 < 5 -- 8 6,524
1991 < 5 -- 5 9,216
1990 < 5 -- 6 7,836
1989 < 5 -- < 5 --
1988 < 5 -- 7 6,255
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- < 5 --
1985 < 5 -- 5 7,297
1984 < 5 -- 9 4,449
1983 < 5 -- 6 6,016
1982 < 5 -- 5 7,072
1981 < 5 -- < 5 --
1980 < 5 -- < 5 --
1979 < 5 -- 8 4,722
1978 < 5 -- 6 5,576
1977 < 5 -- 8 4,469
1976 < 5 -- 5 6,225
1975 < 5 -- 11 3,377
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
1973 < 5 -- 11 3,159
1972 < 5 -- 5 5,536
1971 < 5 -- 8 3,863
1970 < 5 -- 10 3,218
1969 < 5 -- 8 3,511
1968 < 5 -- 10 2,862
1967 < 5 -- 11 2,574
1966 < 5 -- 9 2,919
1965 < 5 -- 17 1,972
1964 < 5 -- 12 2,513
1963 < 5 -- 17 2,019
1962 < 5 -- 22 1,744
1961 < 5 -- 29 1,511
1960 < 5 -- 23 1,716
1959 < 5 -- 27 1,545
1958 < 5 -- 34 1,332
1957 < 5 -- 29 1,474
1956 < 5 -- 50 1,074
1955 < 5 -- 56 1,004
1954 < 5 -- 50 1,062
1953 5 6,304 39 1,207
1952 < 5 -- 36 1,239
1951 6 5,266 30 1,368
1950 < 5 -- 25 1,490
1949 5 5,828 26 1,453
1948 < 5 -- 21 1,645
1947 5 5,904 21 1,687
1946 < 5 -- 22 1,545
1945 < 5 -- 19 1,565
1944 < 5 -- 20 1,565
1943 6 4,564 20 1,622
1942 < 5 -- 24 1,454
1941 < 5 -- 23 1,437
1940 < 5 -- 28 1,284
1939 < 5 -- 19 1,568
1938 5 4,830 21 1,512
1937 6 4,153 24 1,395
1936 8 3,317 38 1,045
1935 5 4,734 36 1,091
1934 < 5 -- 39 1,054
1933 < 5 -- 39 1,045
1932 5 4,926 34 1,171
1931 < 5 -- 43 1,024
1930 < 5 -- 44 1,044
1929 10 3,083 47 992
1928 9 3,385 56 897
1927 9 3,501 60 881
1926 5 5,438 57 893
1925 13 2,738 63 841
1924 10 3,320 77 770
1923 9 3,584 49 1,006
1922 18 2,171 82 729
1921 14 2,605 80 743
1920 24 1,740 84 710
1919 26 1,594 79 712
1918 19 2,008 72 770
1917 24 1,592 99 598
1916 28 1,398 83 645
1915 22 1,606 83 639
1914 11 2,231 55 693
1913 12 1,854 44 688
1912 12 1,703 38 699
1911 8 1,917 22 681
1910 7 2,085 22 632
1909 8 1,715 18 648
1908 11 1,327 14 735
1907 6 1,996 13 767
1906 14 1,033 14 672
1905 7 1,655 16 609
1904 < 5 -- 13 675
1903 7 1,544 7 989
1902 8 1,410 11 721
1901 6 1,622 7 920
1900 13 1,092 15 671
1899 < 5 -- 10 697
1898 6 1,647 16 536
1897 < 5 -- 9 770
1896 12 988 9 813
1895 6 1,550 13 596
1894 6 1,451 17 495
1893 11 946 10 694
1892 10 1,003 18 474
1891 7 1,184 8 753
1890 < 5 -- 12 592
1889 5 1,433 9 709
1888 5 1,426 11 635
1887 6 1,124 < 5 --
1886 6 1,075 9 681
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- 11 597
1883 < 5 -- 5 1,007
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- 8 725

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.