Oather
- Last seen for boys in 1973 at #5,101
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 443since 1882
Oather over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Oather has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
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| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
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| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Oather! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Oather is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Oather in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,928
- Highest: 1 in 19,928 boys born in 1896 were named Oather (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 311,715 boys born in 1973 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #943 in 1882, was only 1 in 22,737 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 31.4% of all boys named Oather (139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 11 | #982 (1896) | #1,024 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,320 |
| 1910s | 118 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,952 |
| 1920s | 139 | #1,695 (1922) | #2,348 |
| 1930s | 75 | #1,995 (1932) | #2,852 |
| 1940s | 57 | #2,403 (1946) | #2,990 |
| 1950s | 17 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,612 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,048 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,101 (1973) | #5,101 |
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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