Owens — #8311 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Owens

The Social Security Administration has registered 733 babies named Owens between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Owens currently holds the #8311 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Owens performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Owens shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Owens in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Owens 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 733 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.