Boys' name · since 1915
Oras
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.
- #23,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Oras sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 42 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Oras recorded 42 times among boys since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1935.
- #23,412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 42 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oras ranks #23,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #23,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Oras's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Oras's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oras's full recorded timeline at 1923, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oras popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1935
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Oras by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Oras's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Oras births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Oras's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1930s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Oras: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
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, 1915–1935 (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 Oras 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.