Oather — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oather

The Social Security Administration has registered 443 babies named Oather between 1882 and 1973, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oather currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oather performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Oather shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Oather in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oather 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 443 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.