Given name & surname
Okie
“from the center of the ocean”
Okie is a variant of Oki. One Japanese interpretation is “from the center of the ocean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Okie is a variant of Oki. One Japanese interpretation is “from the center of the ocean.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Okie is a variant of Oki. An origin associated with Oki is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Okie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 305
- 124 boys · 181 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 as a first name in 2020; 150 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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