Meaning not yet researched.
Oscar: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,620 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1886; #223 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Oscar in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#223 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #26.
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Oscar: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,620 boys in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 3,601 (2006).
In 2025, 1,620 US boys were named Oscar, making it the 223rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #216 in 2024. That is 49 fewer than the 1,669 boys named Oscar in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #26, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,601, in 2006. For comparison, it was #181 in 2015 and #192 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Oscar in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 544 babies with the name. In all, 214,168 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 33,635 babies named Oscar.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,503 US boys were named Oscar; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,261. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,054 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Oscar ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #77 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Oskar (3,241 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Osker, Oscor and Ozkar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Osker (210), Oscor (12), Ozkar (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Oscar in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 7 | #77 | — |
| New Mexico | 16 | #126 | #149 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | #135 | #153 |
| Texas | 267 | #147 | #107 |
| Maryland | 38 | #155 | #197 |
| California | 241 | #161 | #115 |
| Montana | 8 | #167 | — |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #172 | #227 |
| Nevada | 17 | #181 | #181 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #181 | #246 |
| Colorado | 38 | #183 | #151 |
| Minnesota | 36 | #184 | #132 |
| Washington | 47 | #188 | #154 |
| Alaska | 5 | #188 | — |
| Arizona | 46 | #191 | #139 |
| Oregon | 22 | #196 | #153 |
| Illinois | 58 | #204 | #145 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #205 | #223 |
| Massachusetts | 31 | #205 | #183 |
| Wisconsin | 29 | #214 | #217 |
| Tennessee | 40 | #226 | #292 |
| Maine | 6 | #226 | #174 |
| Virginia | 39 | #229 | #177 |
| New York | 85 | #232 | #148 |
| North Carolina | 49 | #258 | #312 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #262 | #200 |
| Kansas | 14 | #273 | #181 |
| Iowa | 15 | #274 | #214 |
| Ohio | 45 | #279 | #238 |
| New Jersey | 32 | #283 | #197 |
| Georgia | 44 | #284 | #250 |
| Florida | 71 | #285 | #217 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #288 | #349 |
| Indiana | 28 | #290 | #245 |
| Kentucky | 19 | #292 | #529 |
| Utah | 16 | #311 | #222 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #314 | #297 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #328 | #242 |
| Idaho | 7 | #365 | #260 |
| Alabama | 15 | #370 | #381 |
| Michigan | 24 | #371 | #257 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #387 | #389 |
| Missouri | 17 | #388 | #276 |
| Louisiana | 12 | #419 | #344 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #493 | #362 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,620 | #223 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,669 | #216 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,702 | #216 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,892 | #201 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,697 | #226 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,766 | #214 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,892 | #205 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,956 | #206 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,048 | #192 |
| 2016 | — | — | 2,261 | #177 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,461 | 2,299 | #181 |
| 2014 | — | — | 2,321 | #184 |
| 2013 | — | — | 2,242 | #178 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,198 | #177 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,378 | #162 |
| 2010 | 5 | #19,127 | 2,665 | #147 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,841 | 3,117 | #131 |
| 2008 | — | — | 3,563 | #120 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,610 | 3,548 | #121 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,609 | 3,601 | #118 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,137 | 3,461 | #117 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,734 | 3,348 | #123 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,891 | 3,301 | #122 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,620 | 3,233 | #120 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,791 | 3,195 | #122 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,517 | 3,178 | #122 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,845 | 3,126 | #116 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,431 | 3,006 | #129 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,807 | 2,970 | #127 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,647 | 3,000 | #125 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,383 | 2,730 | #130 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,343 | 2,847 | #122 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,943 | 2,847 | #123 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,206 | 2,586 | #131 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,762 | 2,445 | #134 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,476 | 2,328 | #135 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,870 | 1,966 | #152 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,046 | 1,733 | #160 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,247 | 1,661 | #163 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,045 | 1,572 | #169 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,331 | 1,592 | #169 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,116 | 1,421 | #178 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,628 | 1,370 | #183 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,238 | 1,486 | #175 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,208 | 1,464 | #171 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,913 | 1,396 | #176 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,045 | 1,312 | #184 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,861 | 1,311 | #179 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,775 | 1,273 | #181 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,820 | 1,231 | #183 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,407 | 1,235 | #184 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,684 | 1,198 | #189 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,488 | 1,068 | #203 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,347 | 1,111 | #205 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,738 | 1,066 | #220 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,200 | 1,042 | #225 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,950 | 1,004 | #229 |
| 1968 | — | — | 903 | #238 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,544 | 934 | #234 |
| 1966 | — | — | 943 | #228 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,169 | 989 | #232 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,283 | 999 | #244 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,397 | 1,021 | #235 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,287 | 1,007 | #245 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,042 | #245 |
| 1960 | — | — | 1,066 | #245 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,955 | 1,087 | #243 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,262 | 1,070 | #237 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,801 | 1,200 | #217 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,778 | 1,132 | #217 |
| 1955 | 7 | #5,076 | 1,155 | #211 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,652 | 1,268 | #197 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,490 | 1,196 | #203 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,036 | 1,087 | #203 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,708 | 1,067 | #199 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,875 | 1,103 | #192 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,103 | 1,124 | #186 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,121 | 1,098 | #184 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,249 | 1,110 | #186 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,379 | 1,017 | #182 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,930 | 939 | #176 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,432 | 910 | #178 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,198 | 1,074 | #169 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,504 | 958 | #172 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,490 | 1,022 | #165 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,234 | 936 | #167 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,349 | 1,000 | #159 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,692 | 1,024 | #158 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,718 | 988 | #154 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,360 | 1,008 | #153 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,665 | 1,091 | #143 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,695 | 1,096 | #143 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,649 | 1,111 | #142 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,339 | 1,254 | #138 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,728 | 1,334 | #129 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,090 | 1,467 | #124 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,941 | 1,482 | #117 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,387 | 1,464 | #122 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,517 | 1,635 | #113 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,679 | 1,715 | #105 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,307 | 1,754 | #99 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,344 | 1,819 | #99 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,587 | 1,880 | #96 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,731 | 2,007 | #92 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,176 | 1,978 | #92 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,855 | 2,006 | #90 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,392 | 1,991 | #88 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,978 | 2,113 | #87 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,299 | 1,961 | #87 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,481 | 1,916 | #86 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,228 | 1,788 | #88 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,816 | 1,553 | #77 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,750 | 1,249 | #76 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,574 | 1,157 | #73 |
| 1911 | — | — | 636 | #68 |
| 1910 | — | — | 505 | #73 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,917 | 459 | #70 |
| 1908 | — | — | 476 | #65 |
| 1907 | — | — | 483 | #59 |
| 1906 | — | — | 412 | #64 |
| 1905 | — | — | 436 | #56 |
| 1904 | — | — | 442 | #54 |
| 1903 | — | — | 427 | #51 |
| 1902 | — | — | 397 | #55 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,623 | 422 | #47 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,153 | 563 | #47 |
| 1899 | — | — | 447 | #46 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,900 | 546 | #41 |
| 1897 | — | — | 543 | #37 |
| 1896 | — | — | 539 | #41 |
| 1895 | — | — | 549 | #39 |
| 1894 | — | — | 601 | #34 |
| 1893 | — | — | 574 | #33 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,612 | 634 | #33 |
| 1891 | — | — | 551 | #32 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,174 | 628 | #29 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,434 | 572 | #32 |
| 1888 | — | — | 647 | #31 |
| 1887 | — | — | 574 | #29 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,240 | 645 | #26 |
| 1885 | — | — | 623 | #28 |
| 1884 | — | — | 615 | #30 |
| 1883 | — | — | 607 | #27 |
| 1882 | — | — | 625 | #28 |
| 1881 | — | — | 530 | #28 |
| 1880 | — | — | 544 | #29 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).