How Many People Are Named Oral?
people named Oral are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 488,962 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,308 babies named Oral in Social Security records from 1880 to 2003, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
123 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning uncertain. This name was borne by the influential American evangelist Oral Roberts (1918-2009), who was apparently named by his cousin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Oral, 4.2% were girls and 95.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Oral fell from 32.2% in the 1890s to 0% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Oral alive today is about 66 years old, and 75% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Oral first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 123 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2003.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2003
🏆 Rank History
Oral has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #474, in 1892. Among girls, its best rank was #946, in 1893.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #474 (1892) | #946 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #833 in the 1920s | #1,680 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Oral alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Oral were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Oral was given 7.7 times as often in West Virginia, 7 times in Missouri and 5.9 times in Kentucky.
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