Osei — boys' name

What the Data Says About Osei

The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Osei between 1974 and 2023, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osei currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Osei performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Osei shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Osei in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Osei 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 233 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.