Boys' name · since 1990
Oseas
Oseas has 408 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,330 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 408
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
408 babies have been named Oseas since 1990, making it today's #4330 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oseas has been recorded 408 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #4330 nationally and more common than 69% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #8,908 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,330 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 408 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oseas ranks #8,908 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,330 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 408 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,330 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 408
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oseas's 408 recorded births place it above 80.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Oseas compares
408 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oseas's all-time total is 11% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oseas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 408 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oseas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oseas splits its recorded history at 2010: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oseas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Oseas by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (129 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Oseas's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Oseas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 44
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s
2020s
129 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 129 births (32% of all-time use).
Oseas by state
Where Oseas concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 2.5% |
21 of 408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Oseass (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Oseas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Oseas 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.