Osei
#10,845 most common boys' name of all time · #27,532 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2025
Rank among boys
#10,845
Rank overall
#27,532 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
238
Since 2016
34
Peak year
1981 #3,823
Best rank
#3,823 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Osei first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,403 |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,448 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,138 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,595 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,986 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,868 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,569 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,730 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,934 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,994 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,294 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,991 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,387 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,930 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,300 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,652 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,260 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,891 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,906 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,527 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,230 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,337 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,866 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,899 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,651 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,330 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,990 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,971 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,823 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,422 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,035 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,456 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,560 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,373 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,956 |