Meaning and history
Oral has an uncertain meaning. Influential American evangelist Oral Roberts (1918–2009), apparently named by his cousin, was a notable bearer.
19101910: 22 births, rank #632
1911: 22 births, rank #681
1912: 38 births, rank #699
1913: 44 births, rank #688
1914: 55 births, rank #693
19151915: 83 births, rank #639
1916: 83 births, rank #645
1917: 99 births, rank #598
1918: 72 births, rank #770
1919: 79 births, rank #712
19201920: 84 births, rank #710
1921: 80 births, rank #743
1922: 82 births, rank #728
1923: no US SSA record for this spelling
1924: 77 births, rank #770
19251925: 63 births, rank #841
1926: 57 births, rank #893
1927: 60 births, rank #880
1928: 56 births, rank #897
19291929: 47 births, rank #992
Oral moved from #897 to #992 for boys between 1928 and 1929. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 99 births.