Oak

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Oak: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Oak: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,935 in 2020, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1935highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2009	#2837
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2012	#4805
2014	#2248
2016	#4810
2017	#2324
2018	#2693
2019	#1986
2020	#1935
2021	#2301
2022	#2018
2023	#2325
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1935 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Oak by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Oak in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	15	4 of 10	4
2010s	53	8 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	47	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Oak appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1935 in England and Wales in 2020.

Oak's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,935, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Easa · #1935, 17y
Flint · #1935, 20y
Joziah · #1935, 18y
Layland · #1935, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Flint · #1935, 20y
Francisca · #1934, 27y
Amel · #1939, 28y
Aurelie · #1939, 22y

Oak and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Oak without appearing here.

Oak moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Erin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Harald Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2301 and #4789.
Nils Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Oak

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #1935.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1935 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Oak

Oak at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oak by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Oak appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Oak and the names beside it

Oak moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oak

Oak at a glance

Oak by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Oak appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Oak and the names beside it

Oak moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oak