Oshun
Oshun is the orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, wealth, prosperity and beauty, and the Osun River, in the Yoruba religion. She is considered one of the most popular and venerated of the 401 orishas.
Meaning & Origin of Oshun
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oshun is the orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, wealth, prosperity and beauty, and the Osun River, in the Yoruba religion. She is considered one of the most popular and venerated of the 401 orishas.
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The Story of Oshun
As a girl name
Oshun first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2002, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 30 Oshuns were born — ranking #4,580 that year. As of 2026, Oshun ranks #6,669 for girls with 17 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 225 Oshuns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Oshun first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2020, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 10 Oshuns were born — ranking #7,725 that year. As of 2026, Oshun ranks #7,725 for boys with 10 births, with steady use. In total, more than 39 Oshuns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2020s through the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Oshun
Oshun is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 225 births in the dataset. Oshun's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #4,580. Use the chart and map above to compare Oshun'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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