Oley
The Story of Oley
Oley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1883, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 15 births, good for #2,143 nationwide. About 28% of every Oley on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Oley last appeared in the published SSA data in 1964, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 373 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Oley
Oley is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 373 births in the dataset. Oley's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #2,143. Use the chart and map above to compare Oley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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