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.
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 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 16,215 of them was named Osie, which outranked 45.8% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).