Owens

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
1890 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
745
since 1890

Owens over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Owens has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #884, 1890boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#8,3129
2023#7,73810
2022#7,26211
2021#12,1465
2020#12,0225
2019#9,7567
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
2016—
2015#6,67612
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011#10,8086
2010—
2009#10,9946
2008#9,8717
2007—
2006—
2005#7,09610
2004—
2003—
2002#10,6675
2001—
2000#9,1126
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#6,4157
1989—
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1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980#4,9407
1979#4,4038
1978#5,7725
1977#5,8455
1976—
1975—
1974#5,2275
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970—
1969—
1968#3,1078
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964#2,8549
1963—
1962#2,67310
1961—
1960#3,3377
1959—
1958#3,5596
1957#2,27413
1956#2,62810
1955#3,2017
1954#2,7439
1953#2,9058
1952#2,8758
1951#2,49510
1950#2,20712
1949#2,02214
1948#3,6685
1947#3,7335
1946#2,40310
1945#2,24210
1944#2,4679
1943#2,9647
1942#2,7128
1941#2,8727
1940#2,17911
1939#2,28810
1938#2,18511
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935#2,02913
1934#3,2776
1933#1,77016
1932#2,31311
1931#2,47110
1930#2,7819
1929#1,79318
1928#2,65910
1927#1,60323
1926#2,56611
1925#2,43512
1924#1,89418
1923#2,02016
1922#1,76520
1921#1,58823
1920#2,23114
1919#1,97316
1918#2,8829
1917#1,81517
1916#2,38911
1915#2,45810
1914#1,68714
1913#2,4966
1912#1,7469
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1902#9337
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1900#9688
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1896#9007
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1890#8846
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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.

Where Owens is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#884 (1890)#892
1900s15#933 (1902)#951
1910s92#1,687 (1914)#2,181
1920s165#1,588 (1921)#2,055
1930s98#1,770 (1933)#2,549
1940s86#2,022 (1949)#2,726
1950s83#2,207 (1950)#2,765
1960s34#2,673 (1962)#2,993
1970s23#4,403 (1979)#5,312
1980s7#4,940 (1980)#4,940
1990s7#6,415 (1990)#6,415
2000s34#7,096 (2005)#9,548
2010s36#6,676 (2015)#10,049
2020s52#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 1900

boys
#968
8 births · 1 in 18,809 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #968Owens8
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 18,809 of them was named Owens, which outranked 35.7% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Owens
  1. #902Wellington9
  2. #902Wilfrid9
  3. #902Zollie9
  4. #968Owens8
  5. #968Ace8
  6. #968Adolf8
  7. #968Agnes8
  8. #1,050Adelbert7
  9. #1,050Ananias7
  10. #1,050Arlington7

Tied with 81 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →