Osher

#8,731 in 2025Boys' name

Happiness

Osher has been given to 227 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #8,731 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Osher, 2025

1 in 368,000

Osher over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Osher: meaning, origin, and history

Happiness

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Osher means

Osher means “happiness”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 227 boys were recorded with the name Osher between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,467 in 1958.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,548 in 2020 to #8,731 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,533 in 2015 to #8,731 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Osher?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,731; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Osher 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Osher. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oshers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Osher was born before 2011 — so the typical Osher is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 78.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 227; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Osher 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: −2,342; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −183; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −198; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 64.3%; Peak was 2024 (14)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,467; 1958

Spellings of Osher

Osher is not the most common spelling — Oscar is, with 53.6% against Osher's 0.06%.

Oscar53.6%213,098
Asher28.0%111,227
Moshe4.5%18,017
Foster3.3%13,122
Omer2.2%8,856
Shea2.1%8,537
Fisher1.7%6,581
Oskar0.81%3,241

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 Osher is used

Across 1910–2025, Osher was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 309,857 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

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. Osher has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Osher around the world

Where Osher 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
1996–2025
#3,684
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Osher by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,731
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 183
Best rank ever: #2,467; 1958
Peak year: 2024; 14 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 227
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Osher

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

Oshae Oshen Taher Oshun Oshea Oshay Oshane Jasher Oshua Cypher Sher Escher Topher Oshin Other Ascher Maher Osha Usher Aether Oshai Walther Lesther Ether

Sibling names for Osher

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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