Osias — #4167 US boys' name
391 babies named Osias in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Osias was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Osias in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Osias
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Osias between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osias currently holds the #4167 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Osias performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Osias shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Osias in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Osias 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 391 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.
Osias at a glance
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Current rank
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Osias popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2016)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #4167 among boys.
391 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 37 births in a single year.
Osias by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 217 births that decade — 55% of Osias's all-time total
Osias decade highlights
- Peak decade 217 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Osias's strongest decade
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Osias by state
Where Osias concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 2.8% |
26 of 391 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.