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Oskar

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Oskar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 96 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
960.01% of boys
Peak year
2016160 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1916
3,148people given the name
Babies named Oskar, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,148 boys have been named Oskar in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 160 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 42%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Oskar
1910s5
1920s6
1960s11
1970s34
1980s69
1990s260
2000s822
2010s1,318
2020s623

In 2016, its biggest year

Oskar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Oskar

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.