Oskar Boy
How popular is Oskar?
#1,743 boy name in 2025
93 baby boys were named Oskar in the US in 2025, making it the 1743rd most popular boy name.
Oskar popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,743 for boys (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 93 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,481 in 2015, #1,271 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (160 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,183 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Oskar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Oscar family of names ranked #221 for boys in 2025 (#220 the year before), with 1,713 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar | 1,620 | 95% |
| Oskar | 93 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Oskar is most popular
Babies named Oskar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (59 boys)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Oskar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,536 |
| 1970s | 34 | #3,620 |
| 1980s | 69 | #3,910 |
| 1990s | 260 | #2,309 |
| 2000s | 822 | #1,278 |
| 2010s | 1,318 | #1,183 |
| 2020s | 716 | #1,271 |
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Questions
- Is Oskar a boy or girl name?
- Oskar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Oskar were boys.
- How popular is the name Oskar?
- 93 baby boys were named Oskar in the US in 2025, making it the 1743rd most popular boy name.
- When was Oskar most popular?
- Oskar peaked in 2016, when 160 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,183 in 2016.
- How many people are named Oskar?
- 3,241 babies have been named Oskar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,190 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Oskar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Oskar was most common in Minnesota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.