Oscar

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English, Old Norse and Irish origin.

From Wikipedia

Oscar first appears in the data in 1999 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 1,366 babies (rank #31 that year). In 2025 it was given to 669 boys (rank #15). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Oscar

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Oscar yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

14,135
Total babies (all years)
27
Years in the data
1,366
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199988#100
2000117#91
2001177#73
2002195#68
2003262#53
2004307#48
2005323#46
2006220#46
2007241#38
2008459#32
2009507#25
2010455#30
2011507#26
2012556#23
2013538#24
2014621#22
20151,366#31
20161,248#35
2017750#24
2018736#22
2019997#20
2020810#18
2021525#20
2022437#26
2023406#26
2024618#19
2025669#15