Owens
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 745since 1890
Owens over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Owens has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five boys were named Owens! It came in at #884, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Owens
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,509 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,803)
- 5,219 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #6,803)
- 127 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1890 at #884 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1890–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,081
- Highest: 1 in 17,081 boys born in 1896 were named Owens (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #884 in 1890, was only 1 in 18,504 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 22.1% of all boys named Owens (165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #884 (1890) | #892 |
| 1900s | 15 | #933 (1902) | #951 |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,687 (1914) | #2,181 |
| 1920s | 165 | #1,588 (1921) | #2,055 |
| 1930s | 98 | #1,770 (1933) | #2,549 |
| 1940s | 86 | #2,022 (1949) | #2,726 |
| 1950s | 83 | #2,207 (1950) | #2,765 |
| 1960s | 34 | #2,673 (1962) | #2,993 |
| 1970s | 23 | #4,403 (1979) | #5,312 |
| 1980s | 7 | #4,940 (1980) | #4,940 |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,415 |
| 2000s | 34 | #7,096 (2005) | #9,548 |
| 2010s | 36 | #6,676 (2015) | #10,049 |
| 2020s | 52 | #6,803 (2025) | #9,047 |
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.
Owens in 1896
boys
#900
7 births · 1 in 17,081 boys
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 17,081 of them was named Owens, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).