Osric
Boy · OZ-rik · Old English
Osric is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “divine ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Osric mean?
Old English: Old English os 'god' + ric 'ruler, power'
“divine ruler”
Osric is the foppish courtier who delivers the fencing challenge in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- Say it
- OZ-rik
Is Osric a girl's or a boy's name?
Osric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Osric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Osric, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more boys named Osric than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Osric in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Osric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
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