Osian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Osian: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #264, and it stood at #313 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#264highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#605
1997	#447
1999	#434
2000	#453
2001	#444
2002	#417
2003	#371
2004	#413
2005	#342
2006	#330
2007	#392
2008	#349
2009	#340
2010	#298
2011	#366
2012	#330
2013	#317
2014	#321
2015	#292
2016	#331
2017	#338
2018	#337
2019	#290
2020	#324
2021	#288
2022	#264
2023	#266
2024	#313

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #313 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #605 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: #264 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #313 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Osian 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 Osian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	121	3 of 10	40
2000s	803	10 of 10	80
2010s	1,422	10 of 10	142
2020sbusiest	799	5 of 10	160

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 160 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births fell by 38, from 151 to 113.

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

Osian appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #264 in England and Wales in 2022.

Osian'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	#313	143	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#266	173	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#264	178	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#288	163	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#324	142	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#290	167	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#337	136	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#338	141	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#331	143	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#292	161	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#321	141	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#317	135	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#330	134	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#366	113	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#298	151	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#340	116	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#349	111	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#392	92	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#330	106	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#342	92	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#413	67	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#371	72	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#417	54	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#444	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#453	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#434	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#447	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#605	27	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #264, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 178 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Oscar-Lee · #2404, 13y
Osher · #1949, 22y
Osinachi · #2112, 10y
Osiris · #1951, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Madelene · #264, 28y
Zayaan · #264, 23y
Aminah · #263, 30y
Feidhlim · #263, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brady · #264, 30y
Aminah · #263, 30y
Cassius · #263, 29y
Coran · #263, 20y

Osian was ranked #264 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Osian 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 Osian without appearing here.

Osian moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #447 and #399 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #434 and #973.
Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #605 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #447 and #914.
Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #605 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #447 and #809.
Kenneth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #417 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #371 and #633.

Moved ahead of Osian

Finley Compare
In 1998 they stood at #447 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #434 and #128.
Jude Compare
In 1998 they stood at #447 and #505 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #434 and #261.
Ollie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #371 and #377 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #413 and #255.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #366 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #330 and #238.

Moved the opposite way to Osian

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Osian

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Osian went from #605 to #313 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #264 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Osian

Osian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Osian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Osian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Osian

Osian and the names beside it

Osian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Osian

Moved the opposite way to Osian

Moved the same way as Osian

Osian at a glance

Osian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Osian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Osian

Osian and the names beside it

Osian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Osian

Moved the opposite way to Osian

Moved the same way as Osian