Oakes — #3035 US boys' name
226 babies named Oakes in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Oakes was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Oakes in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oakes
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Oakes between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oakes currently holds the #3035 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oakes performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oakes shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oakes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oakes 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 226 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.
Oakes at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oakes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2024)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #3035 among boys.
226 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 41 births in a single year.
Oakes by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 124 births that decade — 55% of Oakes's all-time total
Oakes decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Oakes's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Oakes by state
Where Oakes concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 226 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2012–2024 (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.