Osco — boys' name
12 babies named Osco in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Osco was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Osco in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Osco
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Osco between 1928 and 1929, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osco currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Osco performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Osco in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Osco 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 12 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.
Osco at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Osco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1928
- Peak year (1928)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
12 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 7 births in a single year.
Osco by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 12 births that decade — 100% of Osco's all-time total
Osco decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Osco's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Osco by state
Where Osco concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 41.7% |
5 of 12 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 41.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 41.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.