Oberon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-buh-ron
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Oberon is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “elf ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Oberon mean?
Germanic: via Old French Auberon from Alberich
“elf ruler”
Oberon is king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a moon of Uranus is named after him.
Is Oberon a girl's or a boy's name?
Oberon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oberon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Oberon, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oberon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Oberon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Oberon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Oberon, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had fewer boys named Oberon than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Oberon in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oberon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
Names like Oberon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cillian, Albie, Cassian, Finn, Rowan, Hudson, Ronan, Oakley, Lochlan, Orhan, Jenson, Oisin
Names related to Oberon
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Oberon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oberon, updated 20 October 2026.