Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Oscar

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Oscar
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

3,601

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

54%

2024

1,656

All-time

211,463

Oscar has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 3,601 boys were named Oscar.

In 2024, only 1,656 boys were given the name.

Down 54% from its peak.

All told, about 211,463 Americans have been named Oscar and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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