Osa
The Story of Osa
As a girl name
Osa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1892: 21 births, good for #616 nationwide. About 21% of every Osa on record arrived during the 1890s, its defining decade. Osa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 673 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Osa on the record books as a boy name in 1914, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 10 Osas were born — ranking #2,543 that year. About 45% of every Osa on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Osa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 87 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Osa
Osa is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 673 births in the dataset. Osa's peak popularity came in 1892 when it ranked #616. Use the chart and map above to compare Osa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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