Oshay
Boy · oh-SHAY · Irish
Oshay is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Seaghdha”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Oshay mean?
Irish: variant of the Irish surname O'Shea, Gaelic O Seaghdha
“descendant of Seaghdha”
- Say it
- oh-SHAY
Is Oshay a girl's or a boy's name?
Oshay is a boys' name.
How popular is Oshay in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Oshay in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1995, 23% of the babies named Oshay in the US were girls.
Oshay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
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