Boys' name · since 1957
Osmund
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Osmund, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,679 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,861 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 1957
- 2020s
- peak decade
31 babies have been named Osmund since 1957, making it today's #9861 boys' name.
Osmund has 31 recorded births among boys since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9861 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #25,679 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,861 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 31 born since 1957
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Osmund ranks #25,679 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,861 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 31 born since 1957, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,679 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,861 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 1957
- 2020s
- peak decade
Osmund's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Osmund compares
31 12th percentile among 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
Osmund's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Osmund | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Osmund's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Osmund splits its recorded history at 2018: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Osmund popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Osmund by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Osmund's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Osmund births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Osmund: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Osmund 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.