How Many People Are Named Ossian?
people named Ossian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,255,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 106 babies named Ossian in Social Security records from 2005 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of OISÍN used by James Macpherson in his epic poems, which he claimed to have based on early Irish legends.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ossian in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ossian alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ossian first appears in the records in 2005 and was given most often in 2023, to 24 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2005 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ossian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,427, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #9,471.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,471 |
| Best rank | #4,427 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,347 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ossian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ossian were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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