Oval

Boy · recorded 1909–1952

  • 1952last recorded
  • 1910best year

Most popular in 1910.

Last recorded in 1952. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Oval.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1909

0183619091920193119411952

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Oval, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190930
191036
191122
191226
191316
191424
191524
191629
191723
191826
191924
192032
192120
192226
192317
192419
192513
192611
192716
192811
19296
19307
193111
193210
19339
19358
193611
19376
19385
19395
19406
19427
19435
19444
19455
19465
19474
19485
19503
19523

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Oval isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1952
6
Rank in 1952
#3,373
How rare
1 in 323,938 boys
Since 1909
500

Oval was last recorded in 1952. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1910, at 36 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Oval doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.