boy's name

Osborne

  • Origin English
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,758

Osborne is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Osborne is a name of English origin.
  • Peaked in 1915, when 47 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Osborne over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

314
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
Show the numbers
Births named Osborne by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 31
1890s 24
1900s 55
1910s 314
1920s 308
1930s 204
1940s 191
1950s 176
1960s 91
1970s 55
1980s 51
1990s 15
2000s 34
2010s 98
2020s (to 2025) 107

How popular is Osborne?

In 2025, Osborne was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Osborne is used

England & Wales #4,547 4 in 2016
United States #4,626 22 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 Osborne

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

Parents who like Osborne also like

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

Sibling names for Osborne

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

Common questions about Osborne

How popular is the name Osborne?

In 2025, Osborne was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Osborne is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Osborne?

Osborne has 2 syllables.

When was Osborne most popular?

Osborne peaked in 1915, when 47 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Osborne a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Osborne currently ranks #4,626 in the United States. After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.