Boys' name · since 2013
Oaks
280 babies named Oaks in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,936 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oaks currently ranks #2936 among boys' names in America, with 280 babies recorded since 2013.
Social Security Administration records show Oaks recorded 280 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #2936 nationally today, ahead of 79% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #11,022 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,936 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 280 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oaks ranks #11,022 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,936 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 280 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,936 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oaks's 280 recorded births place it above 75.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
How Oaks compares
280 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oaks's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oaks | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 280 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oaks's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oaks splits its recorded history at 2020: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oaks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Oaks by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (206 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Oaks's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Oaks births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 74
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
206 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 206 births (74% of all-time use).
Oaks by state
Where Oaks concentrates geographically, total births since 2013
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 54 | 19.3% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
54 of 280 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Utah records the most Oakss (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oaks: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Oaks draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.