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Osha

Girl · OH-sha

Osha is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).

What does Osha mean?

Of uncertain origin; also the name of a wild medicinal plant of the Rocky Mountains

Osha is the wildling woman who protects the young Stark boys in Game of Thrones.

Say it
OH-sha

Is Osha a girl's or a boy's name?

Osha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Osha in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 367% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Osha, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

2020Busiest: 7 in 20242025
Osha in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20247#3,381
20230–
20220–
20210–
20201#7,326

How popular is Osha in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.

Half of all the girls named Osha in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

1924Busiest: 16 in 19892022
Osha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20226#13,586
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20056#14,495
20040–
20035#15,777
200210#9,476
200110#9,344
20005#15,024
19995#14,403
199812#7,527
199716#5,864
19969#8,807
19958#9,548
199414#6,313
199314#6,257
199214#6,307
199113#6,582
199016#5,544
198916#5,280
19887#9,239
198711#6,330
19867#8,518
198512#5,676
19848#7,396
19837#8,045
19826#9,235
19810–
19800–
197910#6,188
19788#6,946
19770–
19768#6,609
19757#7,171
19745#8,773
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19245#5,059

Names like Osha

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.