O'shea

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about O'shea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

O'shea: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,991 in 2005, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1991highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2003	#2470
2004	#3009
2005	#1991
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2009	#2837
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2015	#3004
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#2445
2019	#3013
2020	#2682
2021	#3017
2022	#2755
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

O'shea by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with O'shea in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2010s	35	7 of 10	5
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

O'shea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1991 in England and Wales in 2005.

O'shea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,991, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Al-Amin · #1991, 22y
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Anesu · #1991, 17y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Al-Amin · #1991, 22y
Binta · #1991, 26y
Hedley · #1991, 16y
Hendrik · #1991, 23y

O'shea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed O'shea without appearing here.

O'shea moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #4789.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.

Moved ahead of O'shea

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1347.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #2556.

Moved the opposite way to O'shea

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as O'shea

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, O'shea went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1991 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

O'shea

O'shea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

O'shea by decade in England and Wales · Boys

O'shea appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

O'shea and the names beside it

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O'shea at a glance

O'shea by decade in England and Wales · Boys

O'shea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

O'shea and the names beside it

O'shea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of O'shea

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Moved the same way as O'shea