Osha
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 76.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 280since 1924
Osha over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
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| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
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| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #5,227 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Osha! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Osha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Osha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Osha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1924 at #5,061 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 108,794
- Highest: 1 in 108,794 girls born in 1997 were named Osha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #5,061 in 1924, was only 1 in 249,774 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 43.2% of all girls named Osha (121) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,061 (1924) | #5,061 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 38 | #6,189 (1979) | #7,139 |
| 1980s | 74 | #5,286 (1989) | #7,469 |
| 1990s | 121 | #5,549 (1990) | #7,721 |
| 2000s | 36 | #9,351 (2001) | #12,830 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,592 (2022) | #13,592 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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