Oral

OH-ruhl /ˈoɹəl/
boy 2 syllables fading

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 was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (99 births).

About the name Oral

PronunciationOH-ruhl /ˈoɹəl/
CultureEnglishTurkish

Names similar to Oral

How popular is Oral?

Boys named Oral
18801900192019401960198020002003
Boys named Oral per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1880–2003 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2003) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Girls named Oral
188618901900191019201930194019501953
Girls named Oral per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1880–2003 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2003) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Oral total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territories♀ Rank♂ Rank
200366—#10,513
200155—#11,839
19975——#10,374
19947——#7,534
19936——#8,395
19928——#6,524
19915——#9,217
19906——#7,842
19887——#6,259
19855——#7,299
19849——#4,448
19836——#6,018
19825——#7,075
19798——#4,723
19786——#5,576
19778——#4,468
19765——#6,231
197511——#3,378
197311——#3,159
19725——#5,537
19718——#3,864
197010——#3,216
19698——#3,508
196810——#2,863
196711——#2,574
19669——#2,921
196517——#1,975
196412——#2,514
196317——#2,020
196222——#1,742
196129——#1,512
196023——#1,719
195927——#1,548
195834——#1,334
195729——#1,475
195650——#1,078
195556——#1,006
195450——#1,062
195344—#6,302#1,207
195236——#1,238
195136—#5,265#1,368
195025——#1,489
194931—#5,828#1,454
194821——#1,645
194726—#5,903#1,687
194622——#1,545
194519——#1,566
194420——#1,567
194326—#4,564#1,622
194224——#1,454
194123——#1,438
194028——#1,284
193919——#1,568
193826—#4,828#1,512
193730—#4,153#1,395
193646—#3,318#1,045
193541—#4,734#1,092
193439——#1,053
193339——#1,044
193239—#4,926#1,170
193143——#1,024
193044——#1,046
192957—#3,084#992
192865—#3,385#897
192769—#3,499#880
192662—#5,439#893
192576—#2,738#841
192487—#3,320#770
192358—#3,583#1,006
1922100—#2,171#728
192194—#2,605#743
1920108—#1,739#710
1919105—#1,594#712
191891—#2,008#770
1917123—#1,592#598
1916111—#1,398#645
1915105—#1,606#639
191466—#2,231#693
191356—#1,854#688
191250—#1,703#699
191130—#1,916#681
191029—#2,085#632
190926—#1,715#648
190825—#1,327#735
190719—#1,996#767
190628—#1,033#672
190523—#1,655#609
190413——#675
190314—#1,544#989
190219—#1,410#721
190113—#1,622#920
190028—#1,092#671
189910——#697
189822—#1,647#535
18979——#770
189621—#988#813
189519—#1,550#596
189423—#1,451#495
189321—#946#694
189228—#1,003#474
189115—#1,184#753
189012——#592
188914—#1,433#709
188816—#1,426#636
18876—#1,124—
188615—#1,075#681
188411——#597
18835——#1,007
18808——#725