Ossian — #5811 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ossian

The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Ossian between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ossian currently holds the #5811 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ossian performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ossian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ossian in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ossian 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 98 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.