NameTides

Oslo

Oslo was the #1,959 boys' name in the US in 2025 (78 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Oslo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Oslo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Oslo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,959 (78)#1,466 (18)#1,311 (18)
2024#1,921 (82)#1,460 (18)#1,246 (18)
2023#1,832 (87)#1,363 (19)#1,234 (17)
2022#1,760 (94)#1,609 (15)#1,092 (20)
2021#2,552 (51)#1,860 (12)#1,342 (15)
2020#3,025 (38)#2,404 (8)#1,838 (9)
2019#3,716 (29)#3,013 (6)#2,756 (5)
2018#4,476 (22)#2,445 (8)#2,740 (5)
2017#6,060 (14)—#2,762 (5)
2016#6,726 (12)#4,810 (3)—
2015#5,507 (16)—#2,387 (6)
2014#7,562 (10)——
2013#12,136 (5)——
2012#6,306 (13)——
2011#10,808 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,760.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2007.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 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 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Oslo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 29,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Oslo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Oslo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OsloCanadaBoys#1,31118
OsloEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
OsloNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OsloUSBoys#1,95978