Oscar Boy
How popular is Oscar?
#223 boy name in 2025
1,620 baby boys were named Oscar in the US in 2025, making it the 223rd most popular boy name.
Oscar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #223 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,620 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #181 in 2015, #214 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (3,601 boys) |
| Highest rank | #26 in 1883 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Oscar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Oscar family of names ranked #221 for boys in 2025 (#220 the year before), with 1,713 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar | 1,620 | 95% |
| Oskar | 93 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Oscar is most popular
Babies named Oscar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.8 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Vermont: 2.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Arizona: 1.7 per 1,000 (281 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.7 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Oregon: 1.6 per 1,000 (122 boys)
Oscar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,982 | #26 |
| 1890s | 5,612 | #29 |
| 1900s | 4,517 | #47 |
| 1910s | 14,869 | #68 |
| 1920s | 17,740 | #90 |
| 1930s | 11,373 | #124 |
| 1940s | 10,188 | #165 |
| 1950s | 11,365 | #192 |
| 1960s | 9,908 | #228 |
| 1970s | 11,847 | #179 |
| 1980s | 15,661 | #152 |
| 1990s | 27,885 | #116 |
| 2000s | 33,545 | #117 |
| 2010s | 22,260 | #147 |
| 2020s | 10,346 | #201 |
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Questions
- Is Oscar a boy or girl name?
- Oscar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Oscar were boys.
- How popular is the name Oscar?
- 1,620 baby boys were named Oscar in the US in 2025, making it the 223rd most popular boy name.
- When was Oscar most popular?
- Oscar peaked in 2006, when 3,601 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #26, held for 2 years starting in 1883.
- How many people are named Oscar?
- 214,168 babies have been named Oscar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 141,871 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Oscar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Oscar was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.