Oak — #2422 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Oak

The Social Security Administration has registered 588 babies named Oak between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oak currently holds the #2422 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oak performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Oak shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Oak in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oak in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 588 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.