Boys' name · since 1917
Ormal
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Ormal, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,611 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ormal sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1917.
Ormal has 24 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1928.
- #27,611 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ormal ranks #27,611 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,611 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ormal's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ormal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ormal splits its recorded history at 1926: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ormal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1928
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Ormal by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (17 births, 71% of the file).
1920s was Ormal's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Ormal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 17 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ormal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
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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, 1917–1928 (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 Ormal 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.