Oleander — #6160 US boys' name
54 babies named Oleander in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
100% of everyone ever named Oleander was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Oleander in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oleander
The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Oleander between 2021 and 2024, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oleander currently holds the #6160 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Oleander is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 2023.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oleander performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oleander 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 54 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.
Oleander at a glance
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Oleander popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2021
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
Currently ranks #6160 among boys.
54 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 15 births in a single year.
Oleander popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 2023 (Oleander as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Oleander accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oleander by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 100% of Oleander's all-time total
Oleander decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Oleander's strongest decade
54 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, 2021–2024 (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.