Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Owen

#161 most common boys' name of all time · #331 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#161
Rank overall
#331 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
246,320
Since 2016
87,466
Peak year
2016 #24
Best rank
#18 2022
Girls Boys peak 10,331/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Owen 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 7,190 7,223 #31
2024 21 7,599 7,620 #26
2023 30 8,015 8,045 #20
2022 26 8,589 8,615 #18
2021 39 8,770 8,809 #22
2020 25 8,669 8,694 #22
2019 27 9,347 9,374 #21
2018 25 9,337 9,362 #25
2017 30 9,363 9,393 #28
2016 26 10,305 10,331 #24
2015 18 9,608 9,626 #36
2014 23 9,159 9,182 #36
2013 15 8,766 8,781 #38
2012 20 8,695 8,715 #38
2011 18 8,341 8,359 #44
2010 10 8,177 8,187 #47
2009 14 8,142 8,156 #51
2008 25 7,802 7,827 #58
2007 13 8,247 8,260 #56
2006 11 8,173 8,184 #58
2005 21 7,169 7,190 #60
2004 28 6,707 6,735 #67
2003 14 5,701 5,715 #72
2002 11 4,190 4,201 #94
2001 3,032 3,032 #130
2000 7 2,715 2,722 #144
1999 6 2,377 2,383 #153
1998 8 1,872 1,880 #179
1997 6 1,368 1,374 #224
1996 1,005 1,005 #277
1995 6 701 707 #350
1994 490 490 #453
1993 457 457 #460
1992 453 453 #473
1991 6 455 461 #462
1990 480 480 #453
1989 438 438 #448
1988 467 467 #417
1987 461 461 #404
1986 408 408 #428
1985 6 412 418 #422
1984 399 399 #413
1983 6 357 363 #437
1982 6 376 382 #431
1981 381 381 #429
1980 351 351 #442
1979 371 371 #412
1978 5 271 276 #489
1977 324 324 #441
1976 277 277 #475
1975 298 298 #466
1974 337 337 #427
1973 6 337 343 #427
1972 316 316 #446
1971 248 248 #518
1970 6 238 244 #523
1969 274 274 #462
1968 6 215 221 #514
1967 228 228 #496
1966 264 264 #472
1965 273 273 #471
1964 293 293 #464
1963 280 280 #474
1962 350 350 #428
1961 353 353 #424
1960 386 386 #404
1959 385 385 #405
1958 370 370 #406
1957 5 406 411 #382
1956 400 400 #371
1955 347 347 #387
1954 402 402 #361
1953 414 414 #341
1952 455 455 #326
1951 377 377 #354
1950 6 389 395 #341
1949 369 369 #351
1948 386 386 #342
1947 406 406 #339
1946 392 392 #324
1945 369 369 #308
1944 392 392 #303
1943 418 418 #300
1942 415 415 #298
1941 412 412 #285
1940 363 363 #294
1939 383 383 #283
1938 6 406 412 #274
1937 412 412 #267
1936 385 385 #276
1935 411 411 #268
1934 435 435 #259
1933 440 440 #249
1932 444 444 #256
1931 5 456 461 #251
1930 8 513 521 #245
1929 9 526 535 #236
1928 505 505 #250
1927 552 552 #238
1926 5 554 559 #238
1925 582 582 #227
1924 634 634 #213
1923 5 587 592 #224
1922 632 632 #205
1921 703 703 #195
1920 598 598 #217
1919 556 556 #221
1918 8 591 599 #211
1917 6 489 495 #223
1916 5 488 493 #219
1915 5 479 484 #216
1914 356 356 #225
1913 293 293 #217
1912 265 265 #209
1911 156 156 #194
1910 118 118 #214
1909 90 90 #232
1908 105 105 #196
1907 104 104 #195
1906 82 82 #217
1905 89 89 #196
1904 71 71 #220
1903 83 83 #192
1902 63 63 #226
1901 80 80 #181
1900 93 93 #203
1899 66 66 #200
1898 64 64 #220
1897 70 70 #202
1896 83 83 #197
1895 75 75 #195
1894 80 80 #186
1893 80 80 #181
1892 102 102 #157
1891 73 73 #180
1890 68 68 #196
1889 75 75 #180
1888 98 98 #156
1887 68 68 #184
1886 83 83 #170
1885 70 70 #187
1884 91 91 #151
1883 63 63 #185
1882 65 65 #197
1881 67 67 #174
1880 78 78 #169