Osborne — #6174 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Osborne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,731 babies named Osborne between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osborne currently holds the #6174 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Osborne performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Osborne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Osborne in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Osborne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,731 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.