NameTides

Oisin

Oisin was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #517 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Oisin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Oisin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Oisin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#4,539 (22)#517 (75)#262 (15)#6 (108)#262 (17)#1,251 (19)
2024#4,072 (26)#630 (60)#234 (17)#9 (105)#252 (17)#1,654 (12)
2023#4,220 (25)#651 (54)#260 (15)#7 (116)#268 (16)#1,592 (12)
2022#3,774 (29)#492 (79)#522 (5)#7 (119)#306 (14)#1,653 (11)
2021#4,247 (24)#433 (96)#233 (19)#11 (109)#193 (27)#1,230 (17)
2020#3,497 (31)#766 (41)#372 (9)#12 (102)#261 (18)—
2019#5,555 (16)#535 (71)#464 (6)#14 (104)#312 (14)#2,440 (6)
2018#3,793 (28)#675 (51)#361 (9)#15 (111)#247 (20)#2,403 (6)
2017#4,594 (21)#613 (59)#318 (12)#16 (108)#11 (351)—
2016#4,624 (21)#565 (66)—#15 (113)#8 (398)#1,487 (12)
2015#5,507 (16)#677 (50)#426 (7)#19 (109)#12 (365)#2,139 (7)
2014#5,485 (16)#616 (56)#533 (5)#22 (104)#13 (381)—
2013#5,404 (16)#692 (47)#590 (4)#22 (99)#14 (392)—
2012#5,256 (17)#734 (45)—#22 (106)#14 (407)#2,666 (5)
2011#5,675 (15)#696 (46)#459 (6)#25 (96)#15 (436)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #3,497.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 77very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Oisin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 74,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 60,000 to 1 in 90,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OisinCanadaBoys#1,25119
OisinEngland & WalesBoys#51775
OisínIrelandBoys#5331
OisinIrelandBoys#26217
OisìnIrelandBoys#8293
OísinIrelandBoys—too few
ÓisínIrelandBoys—too few
ÓisinIrelandBoys—too few
OisinNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
OisinNorthern IrelandBoys#6108
OisinScotlandBoys#26215
OisinUSBoys#4,53922