Oralee — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oralee

The Social Security Administration has registered 662 babies named Oralee between 1902 and 1979, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oralee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oralee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Oralee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Oralee in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oralee 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 662 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.