Ossian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ossian: Recorded every year since 1999, its highest recorded position is #382, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#382highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2000	#1703
2001	#1949
2002	#2636
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#2174
2006	#1744
2007	#2435
2008	#1596
2009	#2126
2010	#2629
2011	#2613
2012	#4805
2013	#2954
2014	#1935
2015	#4747
2016	#2027
2017	#2324
2018	#3959
2019	#3411
2020	#2228
2021	#2125
2022	#2165
2023	#2325
2024	#2088

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 every year from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #382 among boys in Scotland, #2088 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ossian 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 Ossian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	69	10 of 10	7
2010s	66	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Ossian 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #382 in Scotland in 2024.

Ossian'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#382	9	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #382, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 25 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

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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.

Kaylen · #382, 29y
Raul · #382, 29y
Arlie · #384, 22y
Aspen · #384, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kaylen · #382, 29y
Ramsay · #382, 19y
Raul · #382, 29y
Rubie · #382, 29y

Ossian was ranked #382 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Ossian 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 Ossian without appearing here.

Ossian moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #4608.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Nils Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Ossian

Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1902.
Leif Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #2458.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2126 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.

Moved the same way as Ossian

Shannon Compare
Between 1999 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Ossian went from #2425 to #3411 and Shannon from #2097 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ossian went from #2425 to #4747 and Kim from #2943 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ossian went from #2425 to #4747 and Tayla from #2943 to #4747.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #382 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Ossian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ossian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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