Boys' name · since 1986
Oshea
Oshea has 1,227 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,509 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,500 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,227
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Oshea is the #2500 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 1,227 recorded since 1986.
Oshea has 1,227 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2500 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #4,509 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,500 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,227 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oshea ranks #4,509 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,500 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,227 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,509 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,500 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,227
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Oshea's 1,227 recorded births place it above 90.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Oshea compares
1,227 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Oshea's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oshea | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,227 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oshea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oshea's full recorded timeline at 2006, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oshea popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Oshea popularity over time - girls
61 total births recorded since 1979 (Oshea as girls' name)
Oshea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (363 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Oshea's strongest decade.
363 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Oshea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
332 births
- 2000s
2000s
191 births
- 2010s
2010s
363 births
- 2020s
2020s
299 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 363 births (30% of all-time use).
How Oshea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Oshea's total volume
Oshea by state
Where Oshea concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 34 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 25 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
44 of 1,227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Oshea appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Oshea's data
- Oshea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (363 total births) through the 2020s (299) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Osheas (44 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 Oshea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Oshea 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.