Oday
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Oday is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Oday mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Oday a girl's or a boy's name?
Oday is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oday in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Oday, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Oday in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
How popular is Oday in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Oday, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Oday in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oday in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Oday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cillian, Cassian, Finn, Finley, Ronan, Oakley, Brody, Orhan, Renley, Lochlan, Rowan, Kayden
Names related to Oday
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oday: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oday, updated 20 October 2026.