Fun Facts About the Name Ok
- 35 babies named Ok: U.S. records list 35 babies given the name Ok from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ok Mean?
Ok is a Korean given name meaning "jade." It is the Korean reading of the Sino-Korean character 玉 (ok), which means jade. When the name stands alone, it is written with a single hanja; the same syllable also appears in longer names.
Several hanja can be read ok, so "jade" is the usual meaning rather than the only possible one. In this Korean name, it is unrelated to the English word OK or the phrase "okay."
Ok Name History & Origins
The name is written 옥 in Hangul and romanized as Ok. Korean personal names are often formed from Sino-Korean characters chosen for meaning and sound. Ok belongs to that practice: it is a Korean pronunciation of 玉, not a Chinese spoken name borrowed into Korean. The syllable appears in two-part names such as Ok-ja, Ok-sun, Ok-hee, and Jung-ok.
As a one-syllable given name, Ok follows the same hanja-based pattern. Its background is therefore tied to Korean naming conventions rather than to a separate literary or mythological figure.
How Popular is the Name Ok?
Ok has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1955. Its best rank was #4,699 in 1936.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | #6,472 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #6,181 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #5,893 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1942 | #5,178 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #4,894 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #4,865 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1936 | #4,699 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Ok Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are patient, persevering and strong willed. You are a good student, absorbing knowledge easily and retaining it well. You are either a saint or a sinner. You tend to hold things inside and suffer in silence. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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