Boys' name · since 1922
Ohn
Ohn has 162 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 162
- born since 1922
- 1980s
- peak decade
162 boys have been named Ohn since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ohn has 162 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1988.
- #14,257 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 162 born since 1922
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ohn ranks #14,257 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1922, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 162
- born since 1922
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ohn's 162 recorded births place it above 68.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ohn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ohn's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ohn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1988
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Ohn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (84 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Ohn's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ohn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
34 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 84 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ohn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ohn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.