Oska

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oska: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,005 in 2002, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2005highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#2282
2007	#2023
2008	#2507
2009	#3744
2010	#2941
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#2403
2014	#3895
2015	#2150
2016	#4023
2017	#2734
2018	#3011
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#3017
2022	#4001
2024	#4270

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 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2005 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Oska 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 Oska in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	50	9 of 10	6
2010s	63	10 of 10	6
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Oska 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2005 in England and Wales in 2002.

Oska'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,005, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Deniro · #2005, 21y
Romaan · #2005, 22y
Yuki · #2005, 22y
Harland · #2007, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Deniro · #2005, 21y
Ikraam · #2005, 16y
Imam · #2005, 14y
Onkar · #2005, 18y

Oska 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 Oska without appearing here.

Oska moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #4052.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.
Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3651 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3589.

Moved ahead of Oska

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1935.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3011 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Oska

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Oska

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oska went from #2859 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2005 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Oska

Oska at a glance

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Popularity journey

Oska by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Oska at a glance

Oska by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Oska moved ahead of

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