Osborne
Osborne was the 4663rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 699th; the most babies were born in 1915 (47). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,231 places. More babies were named Osborne in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,663 boys, down 155 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 191547 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,754babies recorded
Osborne popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,663 | 22 |
| 2020 | #4,508 | 22 |
| 2010 | #9,444 | 8 |
| 2000 | #10,000 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,122 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,999 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,021 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,019 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,781 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,591 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,203 | 37 |
| 1910 | #699 | 19 |
| 1900 | #1,276 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | #789 | 7 |
How popular is Osborne, counting every spelling?
Osborne is the most common spelling of a name family that had 28 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 28 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osborne | 22 | #4,663 | 85 |
| Osborn | 6 | #11,645 | 34 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Osborne?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Osborne (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Osborne born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Osborne.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Osborne?
About 600 people born in the US named Osborne are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 11 and 72. That makes Osborne mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Osborne: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Osborne, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Osborne
How popular is the name Osborne?
Osborne was the 4663rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 699th; the most babies were born in 1915 (47). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,231 places. More babies were named Osborne in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Osborne a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Osborne in the US.