NameTides

Owen

Owen was the #31 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,190 babies), and #170 in England & Wales and #26 in Canada.

Owen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Owen 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Owen 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#31 (7,190)#170 (298)#107 (47)#175 (12)#317 (13)#26 (698)——
2024#26 (7,599)#155 (332)#95 (56)#216 (9)#374 (10)#22 (807)——
2023#20 (8,015)#140 (373)#70 (72)#169 (13)#215 (22)#19 (852)—#99 (67)
2022#18 (8,589)#145 (367)#90 (62)#177 (12)#231 (21)#19 (893)——
2021#22 (8,770)#149 (384)#78 (73)#150 (16)#193 (27)#18 (1,000)#95 (99)#89 (84)
2020#22 (8,669)#132 (418)#76 (75)#186 (11)#211 (23)#17 (973)#74 (116)#82 (89)
2019#21 (9,347)#124 (455)#79 (80)#138 (18)#191 (28)#17 (1,055)#75 (122)#95 (86)
2018#25 (9,337)#118 (506)#89 (68)#128 (19)#216 (25)#19 (1,033)#71 (132)#92 (74)
2017#28 (9,363)#121 (489)#73 (90)#157 (17)#244 (21)#19 (1,039)#79 (113)#85 (76)
2016#24 (10,305)#113 (586)#74 (97)#156 (17)#218 (25)#18 (1,123)#73 (147)#65 (98)
2015#36 (9,608)#101 (621)#74 (95)#98 (31)#149 (42)#17 (1,215)#96 (103)#63 (94)
2014#36 (9,159)#92 (663)#70 (104)#118 (25)#237 (23)#19 (1,113)#92 (111)#72 (86)
2013#38 (8,766)#85 (708)#78 (91)#161 (16)#167 (39)#17 (1,135)#91 (112)#82 (81)
2012#38 (8,695)#78 (839)#59 (123)#101 (31)#169 (40)#15 (1,191)#83 (125)#73 (92)
2011#44 (8,341)#71 (943)#59 (130)#86 (39)#136 (52)#16 (1,176)#89 (118)#69 (99)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #24.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 240 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 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 240common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 420common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 690common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 230common

Next year

On its recent trend, Owen is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 240 to 1 in 250.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Owen by state, 2025Alaska: #35AKMaine: #13MEWisconsin: #12WIVermont: #9VTNew Hampshire: #10NHWashington: #31WAIdaho: #25IDMontana: #12MTNorth Dakota: #20NDMinnesota: #13MNIllinois: #20ILMichigan: #14MINew York: #25NYMassachusetts: #11MAOregon: #29ORNevada: #70NVWyoming: #35WYSouth Dakota: #46SDIowa: #10IAIndiana: #27INOhio: #15OHPennsylvania: #11PANew Jersey: #32NJConnecticut: #13CTRhode Island: #10RICalifornia: #57CAUtah: #18UTColorado: #14CONebraska: #25NEMissouri: #22MOKentucky: #27KYWest Virginia: #23WVVirginia: #19VAMaryland: #21MDDelaware: #16DEArizona: #62AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #53KSArkansas: #35ARTennessee: #39TNNorth Carolina: #30NCSouth Carolina: #43SCDistrict of Columbia: #25DCOklahoma: #38OKLouisiana: #36LAMississippi: #95MSAlabama: #38ALGeorgia: #57GAHawaii: #79HITexas: #87TXFlorida: #60FL
Owen (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
Ontario2024#18361
Quebec2025#9972

Owen (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
OwenCanadaGirls—too few
OwenCanadaBoys#26698
OwenEngland & WalesBoys#170298
OwenIrelandBoys#31713
OwenNorthern IrelandBoys#17512
OwenNSWBoys—too few
OwenScotlandBoys#10747
OwenUSGirls#4,26533
OwenUSBoys#317,190
OwenVICBoys—too few