Oras — boys' name
42 babies named Oras in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Oras was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Oras in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oras
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Oras between 1915 and 1935, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oras currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oras performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oras shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oras 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 42 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.
Oras at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oras popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1915
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
42 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 7 births in a single year.
Oras by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 16 births that decade — 38% of Oras's all-time total
Oras decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Oras's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1915–1935 (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.