Boys' name · since 1998
Ostyn
30 babies named Ostyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ostyn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 30 have been recorded since 1998.
Ostyn has 30 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1998 to 2023.
- #25,908 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 30 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ostyn ranks #25,908 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ostyn's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ostyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ostyn's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ostyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Ostyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Ostyn's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Ostyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ostyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1998–2023 (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 Ostyn 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.