Oscar
#179 most common boys' name of all time · #370 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#179
Rank overall
#370 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
214,168
Since 2016
18,503
Peak year
2006 #118
Best rank
#26 1886
Girls
Boys
peak 3,607/yr
Oscar is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,620 | 1,620 | #223 |
| 2024 | — | 1,669 | 1,669 | #216 |
| 2023 | — | 1,702 | 1,702 | #216 |
| 2022 | — | 1,892 | 1,892 | #201 |
| 2021 | — | 1,697 | 1,697 | #226 |
| 2020 | — | 1,766 | 1,766 | #214 |
| 2019 | — | 1,892 | 1,892 | #205 |
| 2018 | — | 1,956 | 1,956 | #206 |
| 2017 | — | 2,048 | 2,048 | #192 |
| 2016 | — | 2,261 | 2,261 | #176 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2,299 | 2,304 | #181 |
| 2014 | — | 2,321 | 2,321 | #184 |
| 2013 | — | 2,242 | 2,242 | #178 |
| 2012 | — | 2,198 | 2,198 | #177 |
| 2011 | — | 2,378 | 2,378 | #162 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2,665 | 2,670 | #147 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,117 | 3,124 | #131 |
| 2008 | — | 3,563 | 3,563 | #120 |
| 2007 | 8 | 3,548 | 3,556 | #121 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,601 | 3,607 | #118 |
| 2005 | 7 | 3,461 | 3,468 | #117 |
| 2004 | 15 | 3,348 | 3,363 | #123 |
| 2003 | 14 | 3,301 | 3,315 | #122 |
| 2002 | 17 | 3,233 | 3,250 | #120 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3,195 | 3,203 | #122 |
| 2000 | 8 | 3,178 | 3,186 | #122 |
| 1999 | 18 | 3,126 | 3,144 | #116 |
| 1998 | 11 | 3,006 | 3,017 | #129 |
| 1997 | 17 | 2,970 | 2,987 | #127 |
| 1996 | 14 | 3,000 | 3,014 | #125 |
| 1995 | 18 | 2,730 | 2,748 | #130 |
| 1994 | 24 | 2,847 | 2,871 | #122 |
| 1993 | 20 | 2,847 | 2,867 | #123 |
| 1992 | 19 | 2,586 | 2,605 | #130 |
| 1991 | 21 | 2,445 | 2,466 | #134 |
| 1990 | 22 | 2,328 | 2,350 | #135 |
| 1989 | 10 | 1,966 | 1,976 | #152 |
| 1988 | 7 | 1,733 | 1,740 | #160 |
| 1987 | 15 | 1,661 | 1,676 | #163 |
| 1986 | 12 | 1,572 | 1,584 | #169 |
| 1985 | 11 | 1,592 | 1,603 | #169 |
| 1984 | 19 | 1,421 | 1,440 | #178 |
| 1983 | 16 | 1,370 | 1,386 | #183 |
| 1982 | 11 | 1,486 | 1,497 | #175 |
| 1981 | 9 | 1,464 | 1,473 | #171 |
| 1980 | 15 | 1,396 | 1,411 | #175 |
| 1979 | 11 | 1,312 | 1,323 | #184 |
| 1978 | 14 | 1,311 | 1,325 | #179 |
| 1977 | 11 | 1,273 | 1,284 | #181 |
| 1976 | 13 | 1,231 | 1,244 | #183 |
| 1975 | 11 | 1,235 | 1,246 | #184 |
| 1974 | 8 | 1,198 | 1,206 | #189 |
| 1973 | 8 | 1,068 | 1,076 | #203 |
| 1972 | 10 | 1,111 | 1,121 | #205 |
| 1971 | 12 | 1,066 | 1,078 | #220 |
| 1970 | 8 | 1,042 | 1,050 | #225 |
| 1969 | 10 | 1,004 | 1,014 | #229 |
| 1968 | — | 903 | 903 | #238 |
| 1967 | 5 | 934 | 939 | #234 |
| 1966 | — | 943 | 943 | #228 |
| 1965 | 8 | 989 | 997 | #232 |
| 1964 | 11 | 999 | 1,010 | #244 |
| 1963 | 6 | 1,021 | 1,027 | #235 |
| 1962 | 5 | 1,007 | 1,012 | #245 |
| 1961 | — | 1,042 | 1,042 | #245 |
| 1960 | — | 1,066 | 1,066 | #245 |
| 1959 | 5 | 1,087 | 1,092 | #243 |
| 1958 | 7 | 1,070 | 1,077 | #237 |
| 1957 | 8 | 1,200 | 1,208 | #217 |
| 1956 | 6 | 1,132 | 1,138 | #217 |
| 1955 | 7 | 1,155 | 1,162 | #211 |
| 1954 | 11 | 1,268 | 1,279 | #197 |
| 1953 | 8 | 1,196 | 1,204 | #203 |
| 1952 | 9 | 1,087 | 1,096 | #202 |
| 1951 | 7 | 1,067 | 1,074 | #199 |
| 1950 | 9 | 1,103 | 1,112 | #192 |
| 1949 | 6 | 1,124 | 1,130 | #186 |
| 1948 | 8 | 1,098 | 1,106 | #184 |
| 1947 | 8 | 1,110 | 1,118 | #186 |
| 1946 | 10 | 1,017 | 1,027 | #182 |
| 1945 | 7 | 939 | 946 | #176 |
| 1944 | 6 | 910 | 916 | #178 |
| 1943 | 10 | 1,074 | 1,084 | #169 |
| 1942 | 6 | 958 | 964 | #172 |
| 1941 | 8 | 1,022 | 1,030 | #165 |
| 1940 | 6 | 936 | 942 | #167 |
| 1939 | 8 | 1,000 | 1,008 | #159 |
| 1938 | 11 | 1,024 | 1,035 | #158 |
| 1937 | 7 | 988 | 995 | #154 |
| 1936 | 13 | 1,008 | 1,021 | #153 |
| 1935 | 7 | 1,091 | 1,098 | #143 |
| 1934 | 11 | 1,096 | 1,107 | #143 |
| 1933 | 11 | 1,111 | 1,122 | #142 |
| 1932 | 14 | 1,254 | 1,268 | #138 |
| 1931 | 21 | 1,334 | 1,355 | #129 |
| 1930 | 17 | 1,467 | 1,484 | #124 |
| 1929 | 19 | 1,482 | 1,501 | #117 |
| 1928 | 9 | 1,464 | 1,473 | #122 |
| 1927 | 14 | 1,635 | 1,649 | #113 |
| 1926 | 13 | 1,715 | 1,728 | #105 |
| 1925 | 10 | 1,754 | 1,764 | #99 |
| 1924 | 7 | 1,819 | 1,826 | #99 |
| 1923 | 9 | 1,880 | 1,889 | #96 |
| 1922 | 13 | 2,007 | 2,020 | #92 |
| 1921 | 18 | 1,978 | 1,996 | #92 |
| 1920 | 12 | 2,006 | 2,018 | #90 |
| 1919 | 5 | 1,991 | 1,996 | #88 |
| 1918 | 11 | 2,113 | 2,124 | #87 |
| 1917 | 9 | 1,961 | 1,970 | #87 |
| 1916 | 8 | 1,916 | 1,924 | #86 |
| 1915 | 14 | 1,788 | 1,802 | #88 |
| 1914 | 8 | 1,553 | 1,561 | #77 |
| 1913 | 7 | 1,249 | 1,256 | #76 |
| 1912 | 7 | 1,157 | 1,164 | #73 |
| 1911 | — | 636 | 636 | #68 |
| 1910 | — | 505 | 505 | #73 |
| 1909 | 7 | 459 | 466 | #70 |
| 1908 | — | 476 | 476 | #65 |
| 1907 | — | 483 | 483 | #59 |
| 1906 | — | 412 | 412 | #64 |
| 1905 | — | 436 | 436 | #56 |
| 1904 | — | 442 | 442 | #54 |
| 1903 | — | 427 | 427 | #51 |
| 1902 | — | 397 | 397 | #55 |
| 1901 | 6 | 422 | 428 | #47 |
| 1900 | 5 | 563 | 568 | #47 |
| 1899 | — | 447 | 447 | #46 |
| 1898 | 5 | 546 | 551 | #41 |
| 1897 | — | 543 | 543 | #37 |
| 1896 | — | 539 | 539 | #40 |
| 1895 | — | 549 | 549 | #39 |
| 1894 | — | 601 | 601 | #34 |
| 1893 | — | 574 | 574 | #32 |
| 1892 | 5 | 634 | 639 | #33 |
| 1891 | — | 551 | 551 | #32 |
| 1890 | 7 | 628 | 635 | #29 |
| 1889 | 5 | 572 | 577 | #32 |
| 1888 | — | 647 | 647 | #31 |
| 1887 | — | 574 | 574 | #29 |
| 1886 | 5 | 645 | 650 | #26 |
| 1885 | — | 623 | 623 | #28 |
| 1884 | — | 615 | 615 | #30 |
| 1883 | — | 607 | 607 | #27 |
| 1882 | — | 625 | 625 | #28 |
| 1881 | — | 530 | 530 | #28 |
| 1880 | — | 544 | 544 | #29 |