Osie
Last seen for girls in 1961 at #6,567 · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to girls 64.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,354since 1880
Osie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,245 | 39 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,255 | 37 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,214 | 38 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 | — | |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #634 | 31 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 | — | |
| 1898 | #821 | 17 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Osie was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Osie is popular in 1908
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Osie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
- Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1900 (#878 → #634)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1904 (#712 → #1,092)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #606 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1880–1894
- Highest: 1 in 9,670 girls born in 1900 were named Osie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 403,699 girls born in 1961 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #606 in 1886, was only 1 in 10,324 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.0% of all girls named Osie (312) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1960, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #606 (1886) | #703 |
| 1890s | 129 | #813 (1896) | #874 |
| 1900s | 189 | #634 (1900) | #865 |
| 1910s | 294 | #812 (1910) | #1,148 |
| 1920s | 312 | #1,139 (1927) | #1,501 |
| 1930s | 179 | #1,382 (1932) | #1,965 |
| 1940s | 111 | #2,096 (1941) | #2,884 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,955 (1953) | #5,047 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,696 (1960) | #6,132 |
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.
Osie in 1908
Top girls' names in 1908
Top boys' names in 1908
More about 1908
girls
334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 20,895 of them was named Osie, which outranked 58.8% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #970Vassie17
- #970Virgil17
- #970Zetta17
- #1,004Osie16
- #1,004Adelina16
- #1,004Aimee16
- #1,004Alys16
- #1,044Afton15
- #1,044Alvera15
- #1,044America15
Tied with 39 names at #1,004; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 11,024 of them was named Osie, which outranked 55.1% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).