Osten — #10232 US boys' name
187 babies named Osten in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Osten was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Osten in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Osten
The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Osten between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osten currently holds the #10232 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Osten performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Osten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Osten 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 187 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.
Osten at a glance
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Current rank
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Osten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #10232 among boys.
187 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 15 births in a single year.
Osten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 72 births that decade — 39% of Osten's all-time total
Osten decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Osten's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1992–2024 (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.