Oasis
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- oh-AY-sis
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Oasis is a name of English origin, meaning “fertile spot in a desert”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Oasis mean?
English: English word, ultimately from Egyptian via Greek
“fertile spot in a desert”
The word came into English via Greek and Latin from an Egyptian word for a fertile place in the desert.
Is Oasis a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oasis has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Oasis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Oasis, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. It first appears in the records in 1995. 13 boys were also named Oasis in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Oasis of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Oasis in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64% of the babies named Oasis in the US were girls.
Oasis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Oasis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emerson Madisson Oakley Genesis Addison Journey Jenesis Everly Harper Juniper Ellie Madison
Names related to Oasis
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oasis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oasis, updated 20 October 2026.