Oscar
A boys’ name of Irish/Norse origin, meaning deer lover; God's spear.
Babies a year
2,798
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#223
down from #217
UK popularity
#8
2,798 babies · up from #9
How Oscar has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #181 |
| 2016 | #177 |
| 2017 | #192 |
| 2018 | #206 |
| 2019 | #205 |
| 2020 | #214 |
| 2021 | #226 |
| 2022 | #201 |
| 2023 | #216 |
| 2024 | #217 |
| 2025 | #223 |
In 2025, 2,798 babies in England and Wales were named Oscar. In the US, 2,040 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 3,601 in 2006.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Oscar was most common in 1885, when it went to 0.54% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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