Owen Boy
How popular is Owen?
#31 boy name in 2025
7,190 baby boys were named Owen in the US in 2025, making it the 31st most popular boy name. Another 33 girls got the name (#4,264 for girls).
Owen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #31 for boys (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,190 boys, 33 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #36 in 2015, #22 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (10,305 boys) |
| Highest rank | #18 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Owen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Owen family of names ranked #37 for boys in 2025 (#34 the year before), with 7,222 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owen | 7,190 | 100% |
| Owyn | 16 | 0% |
| Owin | 9 | 0% |
| Owain | 7 | 0% |
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 Owen is most popular
Babies named Owen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 15.8 per 1,000 (99 boys)
- New Hampshire: 13.9 per 1,000 (309 boys)
- Wyoming: 13.5 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- Maine: 13.0 per 1,000 (252 boys)
- Rhode Island: 11.5 per 1,000 (188 boys)
Owen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 758 | #150 |
| 1890s | 761 | #157 |
| 1900s | 860 | #179 |
| 1910s | 3,791 | #194 |
| 1920s | 5,873 | #195 |
| 1930s | 4,285 | #245 |
| 1940s | 3,922 | #285 |
| 1950s | 3,945 | #325 |
| 1960s | 2,916 | #404 |
| 1970s | 3,017 | #412 |
| 1980s | 4,050 | #404 |
| 1990s | 9,658 | #153 |
| 2000s | 61,878 | #51 |
| 2010s | 91,098 | #21 |
| 2020s | 48,832 | #18 |
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Questions
- Is Owen a boy or girl name?
- Owen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Owen were boys.
- How popular is the name Owen?
- 7,190 baby boys were named Owen in the US in 2025, making it the 31st most popular boy name. Another 33 girls got the name (#4,264 for girls).
- When was Owen most popular?
- Owen peaked in 2016, when 10,305 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #18 in 2022.
- How many people are named Owen?
- 246,320 babies have been named Owen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 224,490 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Owen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Owen was most common in Vermont, at 15.8 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.