Oakie — unisex name
10 babies named Oakie in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Oakie was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Oakie in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oakie
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Oakie between 1920 and 1925, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oakie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Oakie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1922.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oakie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oakie 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 10 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.
Oakie at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oakie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1925.
10 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 5 births in a single year.
Oakie popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1922 (Oakie as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Oakie accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oakie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Oakie's all-time total
Oakie decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Oakie's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1920–1925 (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.