Oshea
Boy · oh-SHAY · Irish
Oshea is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Séaghdha”. In 2025 it ranked 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Oshea mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha (O'Shea)
“descendant of Séaghdha”
Also the King James Bible spelling of Hoshea, Joshua's original name before Moses renamed him.
- Say it
- oh-SHAY
Is Oshea a girl's or a boy's name?
Oshea is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oshea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Oshea, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had more boys named Oshea than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Oshea in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were given Oshea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,958, up from #2,480 for this spelling alone.
- Oshea 54
- Oshae 7
Oshea in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
Names like Oshea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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