Osborne
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Osborne is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “god”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Osborne mean?
English
“god”
An English surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Osborne a girl's or a boy's name?
Osborne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Osborne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Osborne, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1915, with 47 boys.
2025 had more boys named Osborne than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Osborne in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Osborne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1915 | 47 | #906 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 28 | #835 |
| 1911 | 14 | #895 |
| 1910 | 19 | #677 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Osborne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Archie, George, Charlie, Otto, Noble, Ambrose, Warren, Otis, Wallace, Ollie, Lawrence
Names related to Osborne
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Osborne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/osborne, updated 20 October 2026.