Oval
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Oval has been given to 601 babies in the U.S. since 1909. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 34 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.
Babies named Oval, 1952
1 in 633,000
Oval over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Oval over time
In 1952, Oval went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Oval?
Oval had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1952, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1952
- 1 in 633,000
- 6 of 3,796,842 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 324,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1952
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 438,630 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Oval sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1952 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 438,630 children born in 1952 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oval. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ovals were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Oval was born before 1922 — so the typical Oval is around 103 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 37.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 32.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 11
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 37.2% of all recorded uses (186).
Is Oval rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1920 (34)
- Years since peak
- 105
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.1% average annual change
Spellings of Oval
Oval is not the most common spelling — Evan is, with 37.2% against Oval's 0.06%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Oval is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Oval was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 88,777 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Oval has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Oval is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Oval was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 416,327 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Oval has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Oval by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Oval
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Oval
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.