Oso
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-soh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Oso is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Oso mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from Latin ursus
“bear”
Oso is the everyday Spanish word for bear.
Is Oso a girl's or a boy's name?
Oso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oso in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Oso, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Oso in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oso in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
Names like Oso
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi Om Ayomide Kwame Atom Tadeo Oz Omari Kobe Onyx Tobin Nolawi
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar
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, “Oso: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oso, updated 20 October 2026.