Oak
Oak was the 2344th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2142nd with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,805 places. More babies were named Oak in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,344 boys, up 568 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 59boys
- Girls and boys
- 9% girls, 91% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202368 babies
- Total since 1880
- 674babies recorded
Oak popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,344 | — | 59 |
| 2020 | — | #2,912 | — | 41 |
| 2010 | — | #9,434 | — | 8 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #3,723 | — | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Oak, counting every spelling?
Oak has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Oak?
59 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Oak (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Oak born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 142 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Oak.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Oak?
About 600 people born in the US named Oak are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Oak a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Oak by state
How common Oak was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Oak
How popular is the name Oak?
Oak was the 2344th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2142nd with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,805 places. More babies were named Oak in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Oak a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 9% girls, 91% boys given the name Oak in the US.
Where is Oak most popular?
In 2021–2025, Oak was most common in Tennessee (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and California.