Unisex name · since 2021
Oleander
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 77 babies named Oleander, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,194 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,535 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 77
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
77 babies have been named Oleander since 2021, making it today's #4535 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Oleander recorded 77 times among boys since 2021, holding rank #4535 nationally today, ahead of 67% 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 2021 to 2025.
- #19,194 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,535 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 77 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oleander ranks #19,194 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,535 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 77 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,194 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,535 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 77
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oleander's 77 recorded births place it above 57.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Oleander compares
77 22nd 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
Oleander's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oleander | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 77 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oleander's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oleander splits its recorded history at 2023: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (11 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oleander popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Oleander popularity over time - girls
13 total births recorded since 2023 (Oleander as girls' name)
Oleander by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Oleander's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Oleander births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Oleander: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2021–2025 (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 Oleander 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.