Osmo
Osmo is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Osmo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Osmo is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Osmo
Osmo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 7 births, good for #3,082 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1917 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 13 Osmos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Osmo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Osmo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ossi
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About the name Osmo
Osmo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Osmo's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,082. Use the chart and map above to compare Osmo'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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