Oscar-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OS-ka-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Oscar-James is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “deer lover + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Oscar-James mean?
Irish: Oscar + James
“deer lover + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Oscar (Irish, “deer lover”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Oscar and James.
Is Oscar-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Oscar-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oscar-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Oscar-James, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 18 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Oscar-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Oscar-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
Names like Oscar-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oscar, Finn, Brody, Cillian, Rowan, Caelan, Conan, Cody, Callan, Rory, Kayden, Kody
More Irish names
Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Kevin, Kian, Sloane
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oscar-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oscar-james, updated 20 October 2026.