boys:
3k births since 1916
#2266 (51st percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1916
#4919 (36th percentile)
The name Oskar is the #4,919 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,050 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 36.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,266 (50.6% percentile) for all time with 3,050 births since 1916.
Oskar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for boys in 1916). Birth data for Oskar is available in 54 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Oskar reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 16.8% percentile (ranked #766) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 79 births per million (ranked 16.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Oskar ranks #792 for boys (13.1% percentile) with 68 births per million, which is 85.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oskar".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Oskar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Oskar is pronounced as AW-sker, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-sker, at 37.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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