Unisex name · since 2017
Owsley
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Owsley, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,332 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Owsley is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 25 have been recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Owsley recorded 25 times among boys since 2017, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #27,332 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Owsley ranks #27,332 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,332 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Owsley's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Owsley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Owsley's full recorded timeline at 2021, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Owsley popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Owsley popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2017 (Owsley as girls' name)
Owsley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Owsley's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Owsley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (52% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Owsley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2017–2024 (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 Owsley 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.