Oaken — #5204 US boys' name
163 babies named Oaken in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Oaken was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Oaken in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oaken
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Oaken between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oaken currently holds the #5204 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oaken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oaken shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oaken 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 163 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.
Oaken at a glance
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Current rank
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Oaken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2019)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #5204 among boys.
163 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 25 births in a single year.
Oaken by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 52% of Oaken's all-time total
Oaken decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Oaken's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.