boy's name

Oberon

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 375

Oberon is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2021, when 37 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2007.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Oberon over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Oberon by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 17
2010s 117
2020s (to 2025) 149

How popular is Oberon?

In 2025, Oberon was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Oberon is used

Canada #3,041 6 in 2024
England & Wales #3,092 7 in 2025
United States #5,482 17 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Oberon

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Oberon also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Oberon over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Oberon

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Oberon — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Oberon

How popular is the name Oberon?

In 2025, Oberon was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Oberon a girl's or a boy's name?

Oberon is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Oberon?

Oberon has 3 syllables.

When was Oberon most popular?

Oberon peaked in 2021, when 37 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Oberon a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Oberon currently ranks #3,041 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.