girls:
10 births since 1920
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1922
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
20 births since 1920
#7719 (0th percentile)
The name Oakie is the #7,719 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1920. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1922.
Oakie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Oakie is available in 4 out of the 38 years between 1920 and 1957. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Oakie is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1957, 100.0% of babies named Oakie were boys. Interestingly, until around 1922, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1920 to 1921), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.7% boys from 1922 to 1957).
For boys, Oakie reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #546) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1957.
For girls, Oakie reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #608) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1925.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oakie".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Oakie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Oakie is pronounced as OH-kee, which has 2 syllables.
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