Unisex name · since 2002
Oshun
211 babies named Oshun in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,270 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
211 babies have been named Oshun since 2002, making it today's #6057 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oshun has been recorded 211 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #6057 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, 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 2002 to 2025.
- #19,270 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,057 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 211 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oshun ranks #19,270 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,057 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 211 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,270 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oshun's 211 recorded births place it above 73.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Oshun compares
211 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Oshun's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oshun | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 211 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Oshun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oshun's full recorded timeline at 2020, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oshun popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Oshun popularity over time - boys
54 total births recorded since 2020 (Oshun as boys' name)
Oshun by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (147 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Oshun's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Oshun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
147 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 147 births (70% of all-time use).
Oshun by state
Where Oshun concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 10 | 4.7% |
10 of 211 births nationwide.
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- Florida records the most Oshuns (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oshun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Oshun 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.