Osborn
Osborn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Osborn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Osborn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Osborn
Osborn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1884, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1923: 22 births, good for #1,644 nationwide. About 22% of every Osborn on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Osborn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 597 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Osborn
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About the name Osborn
Osborn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 597 births in the dataset. Osborn's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #1,644. Use the chart and map above to compare Osborn'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.