Boys' name · since 1991
Oday
164 babies named Oday in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,992 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Oday is the #5992 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 164 recorded since 1991.
Oday has 164 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5992 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #14,181 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,992 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oday ranks #14,181 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,992 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 164 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,992 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oday's 164 recorded births place it above 68.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Oday compares
164 34th 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
Oday's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oday | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oday's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oday splits its recorded history at 2019: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Oday by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Oday's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Oday births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (50% of all-time use).
Oday by state
Where Oday concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.7% |
6 of 164 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Odays (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Oday: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1991–2025 (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 Oday 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.