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

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Peak · boys
#18
2022 · 8,589 births
Debut · boys
1880
78 births
In top 100 · boys
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
245,644
since 1880

Owen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #18, 2022boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,26533#317,190
2024#5,79921#267,599
2023#4,56530#208,015
2022#5,02826#188,589
2021#3,80139#228,770
2020#5,00325#228,669
2019#4,90927#219,347
2018#5,15225#259,337
2017#4,57630#289,363
2016#5,13026#2410,305
2015#6,72118#369,608
2014#5,62523#369,159
2013#7,74815#388,766
2012#6,34120#388,695
2011#6,85518#448,341
2010#10,45110#478,177
2009#8,45414#518,142
2008#5,57425#587,802
2007#9,00713#568,247
2006#9,90111#588,173
2005#5,80021#607,169
2004#4,70728#676,707
2003#7,58014#725,701
2002#8,83711#944,190
2001—#1303,032
2000#11,8017#1442,715
1999#12,6886#1532,377
1998#10,1228#1791,872
1997#12,0706#2241,368
1996—#2771,005
1995#11,7836#350701
1994—#453490
1993—#460457
1992—#473453
1991#11,5096#462455
1990—#453480
1989—#448438
1988—#417467
1987—#404461
1986—#428408
1985#9,3076#422412
1984—#413399
1983#9,0156#437357
1982#9,2376#431376
1981—#429381
1980—#442351
1979—#412371
1978#9,7505#489271
1977—#441324
1976—#474277
1975—#466298
1974—#427337
1973#7,4356#427337
1972—#446316
1971—#518248
1970#7,0706#523238
1969—#460274
1968#6,2466#514215
1967—#496228
1966—#472264
1965—#470273
1964—#464293
1963—#474280
1962—#428350
1961—#424353
1960—#404386
1959—#405385
1958—#406370
1957#6,0865#382406
1956—#371400
1955—#387347
1954—#361402
1953—#341414
1952—#326455
1951—#353377
1950#4,7386#341389
1949—#351369
1948—#341386
1947—#339406
1946—#324392
1945—#308369
1944—#303392
1943—#300418
1942—#298415
1941—#285412
1940—#294363
1939—#283383
1938#3,8476#274406
1937—#267412
1936—#276385
1935—#268411
1934—#259435
1933—#249440
1932—#256444
1931#4,3315#251456
1930#3,3458#245513
1929#3,1379#236526
1928—#250505
1927—#238552
1926#4,8515#238554
1925—#227582
1924—#213634
1923#4,9675#223587
1922—#205632
1921—#195703
1920—#217598
1919—#221556
1918#3,5128#211591
1917#4,0836#223489
1916#4,4175#219488
1915#4,2745#216479
1914—#225356
1913—#216293
1912—#209265
1911—#194156
1910—#214118
1909—#23190
1908—#196105
1907—#195104
1906—#21782
1905—#19689
1904—#21971
1903—#19183
1902—#22663
1901—#17980
1900—#20393
1899—#20066
1898—#21964
1897—#20170
1896—#19683
1895—#19475
1894—#18480
1893—#18080
1892—#157102
1891—#17973
1890—#19468
1889—#18075
1888—#15598
1887—#18368
1886—#16883
1885—#18770
1884—#15091
1883—#18563
1882—#19765
1881—#17467
1880—#16878
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #18 (8,589 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 184
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 37.1% of all boys named Owen (91,098) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s758#150 (1884)#175
1890s761#157 (1892)#190
1900s860#179 (1901)#205
1910s3,791#194 (1911)#215
1920s5,873#195 (1921)#224
1930s4,285#245 (1930)#263
1940s3,922#285 (1941)#314
1950s3,945#326 (1952)#367
1960s2,916#404 (1960)#461
1970s3,017#412 (1979)#462
1980s4,050#404 (1987)#427
1990s9,658#153 (1999)#348
2000s61,878#51 (2009)#79
2010s91,098#21 (2019)#34
2020s48,832#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 1973

girls
#7,435
6 births · 1 in 243,035 girls
boys
#427
337 births · 1 in 4,625 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #7,435Owen6

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #427Owen337
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 243,035 of them was named Owen, which outranked 24.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Owen
  1. #6,666Yumi7
  2. #6,666Zanthia7
  3. #6,666Zenda7
  4. #7,435Owen6
  5. #7,435Abagail6
  6. #7,435Adabel6
  7. #7,435Adalia6
  8. #8,423Aarti5
  9. #8,423Abbigail5
  10. #8,423Abi5

Tied with 987 names at #7,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 4,625 of them was named Owen, which outranked 92.7% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Owen
  1. #424Julius343
  2. #425Eli339
  3. #426Sheldon338
  4. #427Owen337
  5. #428Quentin334
  6. #429Garry331
  7. #430Curt327
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →