How Many People Are Named Okey?
An estimated 420 people in the United States have the first name Okey. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 72 years old, and Okey peaked in popularity in 1925 with 48 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Okey as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Okey paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 72, Okey is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1964.
Estimated Living Americans
420
About 1 in 816,082 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
72
years old
Peak Year
1925
48 births
Total Registered
1,462
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Okey
Okey is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,462 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Okey as a male name
Ranked #7,568 in 1995
7 male births in 1995
Peak: 1925 (48 births)
Okey: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Okey span from the 1880s to the 1990s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 310 babies were registered. Okey has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Okey by Decade
How has Okey tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Okey by State
Okey + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Okey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Okey
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
Okey: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Okey?
We estimate approximately 420 people named Okey are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 816,082 Americans share this first name.
Is Okey a common name?
Okey is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,462 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Okey most popular?
Okey reached peak popularity in 1925, when 48 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Okey is approximately 72 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Okey a male name?
Okey is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Okey Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Okey Smith, Okey Johnson, Okey Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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