Oshai — #12916 US boys' name
28 babies named Oshai in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Oshai was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Oshai in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oshai
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Oshai between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oshai currently holds the #12916 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Oshai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oshai performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oshai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oshai 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 28 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.
Oshai at a glance
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Current rank
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Oshai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (1993)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #12916 among boys.
28 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 7 births in a single year.
Oshai popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1992 (Oshai as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Oshai accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oshai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 18 births that decade — 64% of Oshai's all-time total
Oshai decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Oshai's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.