Oral is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Oral is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2003. Oral first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (99 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,513 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,839 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,374 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,534 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | — | #8,395 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | — | #6,524 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | — | #9,217 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,842 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #6,259 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #7,299 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,448 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #6,018 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #7,075 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | — | #4,723 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,576 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | — | #4,468 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #6,231 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | — | #3,378 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | — | #3,159 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,537 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | — | #3,864 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | — | #3,216 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | — | #3,508 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | — | #2,863 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,574 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,921 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | — | #1,975 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | — | #2,514 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | — | #2,020 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | — | #1,742 |
| 1961 | 29 | — | — | #1,512 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | — | #1,719 |
| 1959 | 27 | — | — | #1,548 |
| 1958 | 34 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1957 | 29 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1956 | 50 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1955 | 56 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1954 | 50 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1953 | 44 | — | #6,302 | #1,207 |
| 1952 | 36 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1951 | 36 | — | #5,265 | #1,368 |
| 1950 | 25 | — | — | #1,489 |
| 1949 | 31 | — | #5,828 | #1,454 |
| 1948 | 21 | — | — | #1,645 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #5,903 | #1,687 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | — | #1,567 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | #4,564 | #1,622 |
| 1942 | 24 | — | — | #1,454 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | — | #1,284 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | — | #1,568 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | #4,828 | #1,512 |
| 1937 | 30 | — | #4,153 | #1,395 |
| 1936 | 46 | — | #3,318 | #1,045 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #4,734 | #1,092 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | — | #1,053 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | #4,926 | #1,170 |
| 1931 | 43 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1930 | 44 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1929 | 57 | — | #3,084 | #992 |
| 1928 | 65 | — | #3,385 | #897 |
| 1927 | 69 | — | #3,499 | #880 |
| 1926 | 62 | — | #5,439 | #893 |
| 1925 | 76 | — | #2,738 | #841 |
| 1924 | 87 | — | #3,320 | #770 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | #3,583 | #1,006 |
| 1922 | 100 | — | #2,171 | #728 |
| 1921 | 94 | — | #2,605 | #743 |
| 1920 | 108 | — | #1,739 | #710 |
| 1919 | 105 | — | #1,594 | #712 |
| 1918 | 91 | — | #2,008 | #770 |
| 1917 | 123 | — | #1,592 | #598 |
| 1916 | 111 | — | #1,398 | #645 |
| 1915 | 105 | — | #1,606 | #639 |
| 1914 | 66 | — | #2,231 | #693 |
| 1913 | 56 | — | #1,854 | #688 |
| 1912 | 50 | — | #1,703 | #699 |
| 1911 | 30 | — | #1,916 | #681 |
| 1910 | 29 | — | #2,085 | #632 |
| 1909 | 26 | — | #1,715 | #648 |
| 1908 | 25 | — | #1,327 | #735 |
| 1907 | 19 | — | #1,996 | #767 |
| 1906 | 28 | — | #1,033 | #672 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | #1,655 | #609 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #675 |
| 1903 | 14 | — | #1,544 | #989 |
| 1902 | 19 | — | #1,410 | #721 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | #1,622 | #920 |
| 1900 | 28 | — | #1,092 | #671 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | — | #697 |
| 1898 | 22 | — | #1,647 | #535 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #770 |
| 1896 | 21 | — | #988 | #813 |
| 1895 | 19 | — | #1,550 | #596 |
| 1894 | 23 | — | #1,451 | #495 |
| 1893 | 21 | — | #946 | #694 |
| 1892 | 28 | — | #1,003 | #474 |
| 1891 | 15 | — | #1,184 | #753 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #592 |
| 1889 | 14 | — | #1,433 | #709 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #1,426 | #636 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #1,075 | #681 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #597 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | — | #725 |