girls:
849 births since 1979
#4867 (15th percentile)
boys:
3.2k births since 1970
#2227 (51st percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1970
#4341 (44th percentile)
The name Osiris is the #4,341 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,002 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 43.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,227 (51.4% percentile) for all time with 3,153 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #4,867 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 849 births since 1979.
Osiris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Osiris is available in 53 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 45 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Osiris has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.4% of babies named Osiris were boys.
For boys, Osiris reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 26.1% percentile (ranked #666) with 132 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 132 births per million (ranked 26.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1989, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Osiris is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #680 (25.4% percentile) with 130 births per million.
For girls, Osiris reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #916) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Osiris ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 30.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Osiris".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Osiris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.9% confident that Osiris is pronounced as oh-SAI-rihs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-SIH-rihs, at 18.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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