Owen
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · #31 for boys in 2025, 7,190 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 8,589 births
- Debut · boys
- 78 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 245,644since 1880
Owen over time
Rank among boys' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 | #31 | 7,190 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #26 | 7,599 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #20 | 8,015 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | #18 | 8,589 |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | #22 | 8,770 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #22 | 8,669 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #21 | 9,347 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #25 | 9,337 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #28 | 9,363 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #24 | 10,305 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #36 | 9,608 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | #36 | 9,159 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #38 | 8,766 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #38 | 8,695 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #44 | 8,341 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #47 | 8,177 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #51 | 8,142 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | #58 | 7,802 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #56 | 8,247 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #58 | 8,173 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #60 | 7,169 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | #67 | 6,707 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #72 | 5,701 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #94 | 4,190 |
| 2001 | — | #130 | 3,032 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #144 | 2,715 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #153 | 2,377 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #179 | 1,872 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #224 | 1,368 |
| 1996 | — | #277 | 1,005 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #350 | 701 |
| 1994 | — | #453 | 490 | |
| 1993 | — | #460 | 457 | |
| 1992 | — | #473 | 453 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #462 | 455 |
| 1990 | — | #453 | 480 | |
| 1989 | — | #448 | 438 | |
| 1988 | — | #417 | 467 | |
| 1987 | — | #404 | 461 | |
| 1986 | — | #428 | 408 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #422 | 412 |
| 1984 | — | #413 | 399 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #437 | 357 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #431 | 376 |
| 1981 | — | #429 | 381 | |
| 1980 | — | #442 | 351 | |
| 1979 | — | #412 | 371 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #489 | 271 |
| 1977 | — | #441 | 324 | |
| 1976 | — | #474 | 277 | |
| 1975 | — | #466 | 298 | |
| 1974 | — | #427 | 337 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #427 | 337 |
| 1972 | — | #446 | 316 | |
| 1971 | — | #518 | 248 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #523 | 238 |
| 1969 | — | #460 | 274 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #514 | 215 |
| 1967 | — | #496 | 228 | |
| 1966 | — | #472 | 264 | |
| 1965 | — | #470 | 273 | |
| 1964 | — | #464 | 293 | |
| 1963 | — | #474 | 280 | |
| 1962 | — | #428 | 350 | |
| 1961 | — | #424 | 353 | |
| 1960 | — | #404 | 386 | |
| 1959 | — | #405 | 385 | |
| 1958 | — | #406 | 370 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #382 | 406 |
| 1956 | — | #371 | 400 | |
| 1955 | — | #387 | 347 | |
| 1954 | — | #361 | 402 | |
| 1953 | — | #341 | 414 | |
| 1952 | — | #326 | 455 | |
| 1951 | — | #353 | 377 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #341 | 389 |
| 1949 | — | #351 | 369 | |
| 1948 | — | #341 | 386 | |
| 1947 | — | #339 | 406 | |
| 1946 | — | #324 | 392 | |
| 1945 | — | #308 | 369 | |
| 1944 | — | #303 | 392 | |
| 1943 | — | #300 | 418 | |
| 1942 | — | #298 | 415 | |
| 1941 | — | #285 | 412 | |
| 1940 | — | #294 | 363 | |
| 1939 | — | #283 | 383 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #274 | 406 |
| 1937 | — | #267 | 412 | |
| 1936 | — | #276 | 385 | |
| 1935 | — | #268 | 411 | |
| 1934 | — | #259 | 435 | |
| 1933 | — | #249 | 440 | |
| 1932 | — | #256 | 444 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #251 | 456 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #245 | 513 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #236 | 526 |
| 1928 | — | #250 | 505 | |
| 1927 | — | #238 | 552 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #238 | 554 |
| 1925 | — | #227 | 582 | |
| 1924 | — | #213 | 634 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #223 | 587 |
| 1922 | — | #205 | 632 | |
| 1921 | — | #195 | 703 | |
| 1920 | — | #217 | 598 | |
| 1919 | — | #221 | 556 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #211 | 591 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #223 | 489 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #219 | 488 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #216 | 479 |
| 1914 | — | #225 | 356 | |
| 1913 | — | #216 | 293 | |
| 1912 | — | #209 | 265 | |
| 1911 | — | #194 | 156 | |
| 1910 | — | #214 | 118 | |
| 1909 | — | #231 | 90 | |
| 1908 | — | #196 | 105 | |
| 1907 | — | #195 | 104 | |
| 1906 | — | #217 | 82 | |
| 1905 | — | #196 | 89 | |
| 1904 | — | #219 | 71 | |
| 1903 | — | #191 | 83 | |
| 1902 | — | #226 | 63 | |
| 1901 | — | #179 | 80 | |
| 1900 | — | #203 | 93 | |
| 1899 | — | #200 | 66 | |
| 1898 | — | #219 | 64 | |
| 1897 | — | #201 | 70 | |
| 1896 | — | #196 | 83 | |
| 1895 | — | #194 | 75 | |
| 1894 | — | #184 | 80 | |
| 1893 | — | #180 | 80 | |
| 1892 | — | #157 | 102 | |
| 1891 | — | #179 | 73 | |
| 1890 | — | #194 | 68 | |
| 1889 | — | #180 | 75 | |
| 1888 | — | #155 | 98 | |
| 1887 | — | #183 | 68 | |
| 1886 | — | #168 | 83 | |
| 1885 | — | #187 | 70 | |
| 1884 | — | #150 | 91 | |
| 1883 | — | #185 | 63 | |
| 1882 | — | #197 | 65 | |
| 1881 | — | #174 | 67 | |
| 1880 | — | #168 | 78 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Owen was already there! It came in at #168, and was given to 78 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 92 boys a year got the name.
See more about Owen
- 5 spots since 2024 (#26 → #31)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#22 → #31)
- 5 spots since 2015 (#36 → #31)
- Biggest jump: 103 spots in 1995 (#453 → #350)
- Biggest drop: 63 spots in 1970 (#460 → #523)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #18 (8,589 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 184 boys born in 2016 were named Owen (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 238 boys born in 2025 (0.42%)
- Its best rank, #18 in 2022, was only 1 in 203 (0.49%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 37.1% of all boys named Owen (91,098) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 758 | #150 (1884) | #175 |
| 1890s | 761 | #157 (1892) | #190 |
| 1900s | 860 | #179 (1901) | #205 |
| 1910s | 3,791 | #194 (1911) | #215 |
| 1920s | 5,873 | #195 (1921) | #224 |
| 1930s | 4,285 | #245 (1930) | #263 |
| 1940s | 3,922 | #285 (1941) | #314 |
| 1950s | 3,945 | #326 (1952) | #367 |
| 1960s | 2,916 | #404 (1960) | #461 |
| 1970s | 3,017 | #412 (1979) | #462 |
| 1980s | 4,050 | #404 (1987) | #427 |
| 1990s | 9,658 | #153 (1999) | #348 |
| 2000s | 61,878 | #51 (2009) | #79 |
| 2010s | 91,098 | #21 (2019) | #34 |
| 2020s | 48,832 | #18 (2022) | #23 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Owen in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 208,867 of them was named Owen, which outranked 14.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 744 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 1,824 of them was named Owen, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.