Oak

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Peak · boys
#2,129
2023 · 68 births
Debut · boys
1920
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
647
since 1920

Oak over time

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Rank among boys' names. Oak has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,33259
2024#15,2935#2,41857
2023#11,1698#2,12968
2022#13,5926#2,58952
2021#11,1468#2,55251
2020—#2,88641
2019—#2,69447
2018—#3,44632
2017—#3,19336
2016—#2,88541
2015—#4,08025
2014—#3,69328
2013—#7,53710
2012—#7,05011
2011—#6,25613
2010—#8,8038
2009—#7,23611
2008—#9,8717
2007—#8,1739
2006—#7,9989
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five boys were named Oak! It came in at #3,489, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Oak is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedARTennessee: #927 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,128 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Oak, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
  2. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #706 in Oklahoma, 2024.

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Texas#2,57451 in 35,010
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See more about Oak
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,332)
  • 554 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #2,332)
  • 1,748 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #2,332)
Rise & fade · boys
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 2023 at #2,129 (68 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,156
  • Highest: 1 in 25,156 boys born in 2023 were named Oak (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 50.7% of all boys named Oak (328) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s13#3,489 (1920)#3,681
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1970s14#4,190 (1974)#4,516
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1990s5#9,631 (1998)#9,631
2000s36#7,236 (2009)#8,320
2010s251#2,694 (2019)#4,964
2020s328#2,129 (2023)#2,484

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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