Oshun
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- oh-SHOON
- Origin
- Yoruba
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Oshun is a name of Yoruba origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Oshun mean?
Yoruba
In Yoruba religion Oshun is the orisha of rivers, love and fertility, honoured at the Osun River in Nigeria.
Is Oshun a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oshun has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Oshun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Oshun, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 14 boys were also named Oshun in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Oshun in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59% of the babies named Oshun in the US were girls.
Oshun in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Oshun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyomi, Oaklynn, Rumi, Kiyomi, Zhuri, Remi, Miyori, Zuri, Yuna, Tru, Ainhoa, Jream
Names related to Oshun
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba
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, “Oshun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oshun, updated 20 October 2026.