Oseias — #3203 US boys' name
293 babies named Oseias in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
61% of everyone ever named Oseias was born in this single decade.
118 babies were named Oseias in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oseias
The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Oseias between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oseias currently holds the #3203 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 118 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oseias performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oseias shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Oseias in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oseias 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 293 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.
Oseias at a glance
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Current rank
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Oseias popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2017)
- 118
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #3203 among boys.
293 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 118 births in a single year.
Oseias by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 178 births that decade — 61% of Oseias's all-time total
Oseias decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Oseias's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Oseias by state
Where Oseias concentrates geographically — total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 11.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 12 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 7 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 6 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.7% |
40 of 293 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.7% of nationwide
- Texas 11.9% of nationwide
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Oseias appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 2016–2024 (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.