Okey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Okey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,462 babies named Okey between 1881 and 1995, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Okey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Okey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Okey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 871 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Okey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Okey 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 1,462 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.