How Many People Are Named Oskar?
people named Oskar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 107,277 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,241 babies named Oskar in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
160 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Icelandic form of OSCAR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Oskar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Oskar alive today is about 14 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Oskar first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2016, to 160 babies. In 2025, 93 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Oskar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,191, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,750.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,750 |
| Best rank | #1,191 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,341 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Oskar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Oskar were born in California than in any other state: about 462 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Oskar was given 6.6 times as often in Minnesota, 3.1 times in Washington and 2.5 times in Illinois.
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