Oscar

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #223in 2025
  • 1 in 1,054boys in 2025
  • −21%last ten years
  • 3.2×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1886. Quieter now: down 21% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,9115,82218801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Oscar, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18804,924
18815,261
18825,498
18835,802
18845,374
18855,779
18865,822
18875,660
18885,354
18895,173
18905,656
18915,445
18925,195
18935,110
18945,191
18954,677
18964,508
18974,816
18984,450
18994,209
19003,742
19013,964
19023,237
19033,581
19043,450
19053,295
19063,094
19073,290
19083,084
19092,799
19102,600
19112,815
19122,691
19132,437
19142,372
19152,107
19162,153
19172,119
19182,085
19192,031
19201,885
19211,796
19221,844
19231,715
19241,606
19251,572
19261,544
19271,451
19281,322
19291,378
19301,337
19311,283
19321,201
19331,120
19341,061
19351,048
1936972
1937926
1938923
1939903
1940807
1941832
1942694
1943752
1944668
1945698
1946626
1947607
1948626
1949634
1950616
1951567
1952559
1953606
1954622
1955561
1956535
1957556
1958504
1959509
1960500
1961491
1962487
1963503
1964501
1965532
1966529
1967536
1968520
1969561
1970561
1971603
1972685
1973685
1974762
1975791
1976785
1977775
1978798
1979762
1980783
1981817
1982819
1983764
1984787
1985861
1986854
1987890
1988905
1989983
19901,133
19911,210
19921,295
19931,452
19941,474
19951,434
19961,584
19971,575
19981,573
19991,628
20001,618
20011,644
20021,665
20031,671
20041,687
20051,733
20061,752
20071,710
20081,746
20091,571
20101,389
20111,252
20121,159
20131,185
20141,208
20151,199
20161,191
20171,106
20181,077
20191,054
20201,023
2021970
20221,084
2023995
2024969
2025948

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 3.2×
  2. New Mexico 1.9×
  3. Maryland 1.9×
  4. Oregon 1.8×
  5. Arizona 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,620
Rank in 2025
#223
How rare
1 in 1,054 boys
Since 1880
213,098

Most popular in 1886, at 5,822 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 21% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia3.2×26
New Mexico1.9×35
Maryland1.9×126
Oregon1.8×79
Arizona1.7×162

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.