Oak
Boy · OHK · English
Oak is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “oak tree”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Oak mean?
English: the tree name, Old English ac
“oak tree”
From the oak tree, Old English ac, a long-standing British emblem of strength and endurance.
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- OHK
Is Oak a girl's or a boy's name?
Oak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 59 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oak in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Oak, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oak in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Oak in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Oak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,332among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Oak, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Oak in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
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