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Oshea

#2,507 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Hoshea

Oshea has been given to 1,288 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #2,507 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 64 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Oshea, 2025

1 in 61,400

Oshea over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Oshea over time

In 2025, Oshea went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19792025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Oshea: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Hoshea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oshea means

Oshea is a variant of Hoshea.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hoshea.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,227 boys were recorded with the name Oshea between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 64 in 2016; its best national rank was #1,651 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,648 in 2020 to #2,507 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,707 in 2015 to #2,507 in 2025.

In the United States, 61 girls were recorded with the name Oshea between 1979 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1997; its best national rank was #11,398 in 1979.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Oshea?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 61,400
54 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 31,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,507
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
42,555 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Oshea sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 42,555 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oshea. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Osheas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oshea was born before 2013 — so the typical Oshea is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,227
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Choose a decade

2010s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (363).

Is Oshea rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+230
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+141
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+200
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.4%
Peak was 2016 (64)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,651
1993

Spellings of Oshea

Oshea is not the most common spelling — Joshua is, with 88.6% against Oshea's 0.09%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Oshea is used

Across 2016–2025, Oshea was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 74,968 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

12 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 50,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 50,000
  3. 3Virginia1 in 50,000
  4. 4California1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in 100,000
  6. 6New York1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Oshea around the world

Where Oshea ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2016–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2004–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Oshea by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,507
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 141
Best rank ever
#1,651
1993
Peak year
2016
64 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,227
Count in 2025
54

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,398
1979
Peak year
1997
7 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
61
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Oshea

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Oshea

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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