Boys' name · since 1998
Owain
151 babies named Owain in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,708 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,134 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
151 babies have been named Owain since 1998, making it today's #10134 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Owain has been recorded 151 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #10134 nationally and more common than 27% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #14,708 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,134 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 151 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Owain ranks #14,708 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,134 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 151 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,708 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,134 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Owain's 151 recorded births place it above 67.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Owain compares
151 33rd 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
Owain's all-time total is 59% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Owain | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 151 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Owain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Owain's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Owain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Owain by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Owain's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Owain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Owain's data
- Owain's decade-level peak was the 2010s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Owain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Owain 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.