Owens
Boy · OH-enz · Welsh
Owens is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “son of Owen”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Owens mean?
Welsh: Welsh surname from Owen
“son of Owen”
Athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- Say it
- OH-enz
Is Owens a girl's or a boy's name?
Owens 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 Owens 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 Owens, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.
2025 had more boys named Owens than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Owens in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Owens in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
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