Oley

Where Oley comes from

Oley hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Oley Speaks born
    American composer and songwriter
  2. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1884
    Peak, #848
    6 babies named Oley — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1952
    Oley Sassone born
    American filmmaker born in New Orleans
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Oley Speaks · American composer and songwriter, 1874–1948
  • Oley Sassone · American filmmaker born in New Orleans, born 1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.