Oval
Recorded 1898–1952 · United States
Oval was most popular in 1920, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,106 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 601 people named Oval.
Oval over time
How old is the name Oval?
Oval first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1898, which makes it about 127 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 42 of the 128 years since. It was last recorded in 1952.
How many people are named Oval?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 601 American births named Oval between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States.
How many babies were named Oval in 2025?
Oval was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Oval a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Oval is mostly a boy’s name — 16.8% of the 601 Americans given it were girls and 83.2% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Where Oval is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org