Boys' name · since 1921
Oscer
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Oscer, peaking in 1932. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,040 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Oscer is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 1921.
Oscer has 26 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1934.
- #27,040 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1921
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oscer ranks #27,040 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1921, peaking in the 1930s.
- #27,040 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Oscer's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Oscer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oscer's full recorded timeline at 1932, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1932 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oscer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1934
- Peak year (1932)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Oscer by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (16 births, 62% of the file).
1930s was Oscer's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Oscer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 16 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oscer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1921–1934 (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 Oscer 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.