NameTides

Oscar

Oscar was the #223 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,620 babies), and #8 in England & Wales and #144 in Canada.

Oscar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Oscar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Oscar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#223 (1,620)#8 (2,798)#20 (157)#25 (63)#31 (149)#144 (227)#17 (249)#11 (282)
2024#216 (1,669)#9 (2,747)#22 (151)#34 (53)#32 (159)#157 (215)#23 (204)#13 (262)
2023#216 (1,702)#9 (2,632)#28 (139)#25 (66)#30 (154)#140 (222)#26 (203)#18 (207)
2022#201 (1,892)#7 (2,883)#22 (164)#51 (51)#38 (156)#139 (244)#28 (214)#21 (213)
2021#226 (1,697)#8 (3,071)#27 (157)#42 (60)#30 (189)#137 (259)#21 (272)#11 (294)
2020#214 (1,766)#7 (3,268)#30 (135)#37 (64)#31 (178)#142 (247)#24 (245)#11 (290)
2019#205 (1,892)#10 (3,334)#25 (175)#38 (66)#43 (156)#167 (221)#24 (260)#11 (307)
2018#206 (1,956)#9 (3,459)#29 (174)#42 (65)#37 (185)#144 (259)#21 (278)#16 (245)
2017#192 (2,048)#8 (3,738)#30 (177)#36 (71)#44 (168)#159 (237)#25 (257)#19 (230)
2016#176 (2,261)#10 (3,894)#29 (183)#30 (81)#46 (172)#140 (290)#30 (260)#21 (215)
2015#181 (2,299)#10 (4,066)#27 (209)#40 (73)#45 (170)#162 (237)#26 (276)#13 (241)
2014#184 (2,321)#8 (4,269)#31 (212)#24 (99)#46 (179)#158 (241)#27 (286)#13 (258)
2013#178 (2,242)#7 (4,511)#40 (185)#32 (82)#46 (184)#191 (191)#27 (294)#20 (244)
2012#177 (2,198)#17 (3,289)#60 (122)#64 (51)#61 (150)#168 (213)#31 (275)#17 (281)
2011#162 (2,378)#17 (3,251)#68 (111)#68 (51)#62 (135)#200 (175)#30 (266)#20 (241)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1886 at #26.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 97very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 700common

Next year

On its recent trend, Oscar is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 950 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Oscar by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #210WIVermont: #64VTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #185WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #182MNIllinois: #203ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #231NYMassachusetts: #202MAOregon: #188ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #257IAIndiana: #283INOhio: #274OHPennsylvania: #312PANew Jersey: #279NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #161CAUtah: #302UTColorado: #181CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #225VAMaryland: #153MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #189AZNew Mexico: #121NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #222TNNorth Carolina: #256NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #282OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #279GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #143TXFlorida: #284FL
Oscar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#13747
Ontario2024#15984

Oscar (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OscarCanadaBoys#144227
OscarEngland & WalesBoys#82,798
OscarIrelandBoys#31149
OscarNorthern IrelandBoys#2563
OscarNSWBoys#17249
OscarScotlandBoys#20157
OscarUSGirls—too few
OscarUSBoys#2231,620
OscarVICBoys#11282