Oralia

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1945 at #3,338
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1945 · 125 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,758
since 1912

Oralia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Oralia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #658, 1945girls
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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#8,36212—
2024#13,4776—
2023#10,3129—
2022#15,3065—
2021#7,25015—
2020#9,54610—
2019#8,13813—
2018#8,14613—
2017#9,94310—
2016#9,41111—
2015#13,0067—
2014#10,12910—
2013#7,37216—
2012#7,14417—
2011#11,1819—
2010#7,21717—
2009#9,97511—
2008#10,08411—
2007#8,09815—
2006#5,54524—
2005#5,80021—
2004#5,96920—
2003#6,57617—
2002#5,44421—
2001#4,44727—
2000#3,88632—
1999#4,20127—
1998#3,57333—
1997#3,44833—
1996#3,83128—
1995#4,34823—
1994#3,44832—
1993#3,05238—
1992#3,77328—
1991#3,36932—
1990#3,29733—
1989#3,33031—
1988#3,48327—
1987#2,91533—
1986#3,36026—
1985#2,70435—
1984#3,23326—
1983#2,27242—
1982#2,08249—
1981#2,61435—
1980#3,41124—
1979#2,34340—
1978#2,15943—
1977#2,46335—
1976#1,82051—
1975#1,65558—
1974#1,82048—
1973#1,93942—
1972#2,09337—
1971#2,13738—
1970#1,73652—
1969#1,57257—
1968#1,64749—
1967#1,47857—
1966#1,26273—
1965#1,40761—
1964#1,39365—
1963#1,28074—
1962#1,25877—
1961#1,22481—
1960#1,10395—
1959#1,10494—
1958#1,012105—
1957#907126—
1956#903123—
1955#953107—
1954#905113—
1953#798133—
1952#691166—
1951#774131—
1950#708146—
1949#722138—
1948#678151—
1947#722139—
1946#675140—
1945#658125#3,3385
1944#727108—
1943#691121—
1942#79492—
1941#72495—
1940#74186—
1939#72787—
1938#687100—
1937#68898—
1936#77676—
1935#79273—
1934#87560—
1933#85162—
1932#83068—
1931#87162—
1930#95658—
1929#98154—
1928#1,17942—
1927#1,05753—
1926#1,13345—
1925#1,02054—
1924#1,40934—
1923#1,78223—
1922#1,46431—
1921#3,16410—
1920#2,07918—
1919#2,26415—
1918#3,5128—
1917#2,69311—
1916#4,4175—
1915#2,9009—
1914#2,4349—
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Oralia! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Oralia is popular in 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #891 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,595 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #251 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,228 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedHITexas: #152 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 695 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Oralia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#152 · 1 in 695
  2. New Mexico#251 · 1 in 1,228
  3. California#891 · 1 in 15,595

Best ever in a state: #106 in New Mexico, 1925.

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New Mexico#25151 in 1,228
California#89151 in 15,595
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See more about Oralia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5,115 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #8,362)
  • 1,184 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #8,362)
  • 4,644 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1929 (#1,179 → #981)
  • Biggest drop: 107 spots in 1953 (#691 → #798)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1945 at #658 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1929–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,457
  • Highest: 1 in 10,457 girls born in 1945 were named Oralia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.6% of all girls named Oralia (1,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s64#2,264 (1919)#2,940
1920s364#981 (1929)#1,527
1930s744#687 (1938)#805
1940s1,195#658 (1945)#713
1950s1,244#691 (1952)#876
1960s689#1,103 (1960)#1,362
1970s444#1,655 (1975)#2,017
1980s328#2,082 (1982)#2,940
1990s307#3,052 (1993)#3,634
2000s199#3,886 (2000)#6,582
2010s123#7,144 (2012)#9,169
2020s57#7,250 (2021)#10,709

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

Oralia in 1943

girls
#691
121 births · 1 in 11,531 girls

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #691Oralia121
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 11,531 of them was named Oralia, which outranked 87.1% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oralia
  1. #687Selma122
  2. #687Suzan122
  3. #687Twila122
  4. #691Oralia121
  5. #691Jessica121
  6. #691Malinda121
  7. #691Maryjo121
  8. #697Merrily120
  9. #697Vonda120
  10. #699Avis119

Tied with 5 names at #691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943 →