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Osiris

#1,077 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly mighty or eye

Osiris has been given to 4,475 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #1,077 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 244 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Osiris, 2025

1 in 16,600

Osiris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Osiris over time

In 2025, Osiris went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

19702025

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.

Osiris: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly mighty or eye

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Osiris means

Osiris may mean “mighty or eye”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,592 boys were recorded with the name Osiris between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 244 in 2020; its best national rank was #917 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #917 in 2020 to #1,077 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,610 in 2015 to #1,077 in 2025.

In the United States, 883 girls were recorded with the name Osiris between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2006; its best national rank was #3,078 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,863 in 2020 to #7,403 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,985 in 2015 to #7,403 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.

How common is Osiris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 16,600
200 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,540
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,077
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,491 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Osiris 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,491 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Osiris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Osiriss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Osiris was born before 2017 — so the typical Osiris is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
38.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,592
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 38.7% of all recorded uses (1,391).

Is Osiris 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
−98
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−160
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+533
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.0%
Peak was 2020 (244)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#917
2020

Spellings of Osiris

Osiris is the most-used spelling, taking 46.7% of the 7,686 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Osiris is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Osiris was most concentrated in Nevada — about 1 in 3,125 boys, against 1 in 9,004 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in 50,000).

232 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Nevada1 in 3,125
  2. 2Colorado1 in 3,704
  3. 3Indiana1 in 6,250
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 6,250
  5. 5Arizona1 in 6,667
  6. 6New Mexico1 in 7,143
  7. 7Ohio1 in 7,143
  8. 8California1 in 7,692

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.

Where Osiris is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Osiris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 98,343 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Arizona1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Osiris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Osiris around the world

Where Osiris 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
    2005–2025
    #1,798
    in 2025
  • France
    1989–2025
    #4,705
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Osiris

People whose public names include Osiris, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Osiris in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Osiris. Linked forms have their own page here.

Osiride

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Osiris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,077
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 160
Best rank ever
#917
2020
Peak year
2020
244 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,592
Count in 2025
200

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,403
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,460
Best rank ever
#3,078
2006
Peak year
2006
55 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
883
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Osiris

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

OsielFarrisFerrisDarrisParrisFarisBorisIdrisTavarisHarisJavarisNorrisHarrisAmarisOsiasCrisParisArisDarisDemetrisOsiahDorrisDorisTyris

Names with a curve like Osiris

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Osiris, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KabirBoazGenesisKhaiLaithGatlinAspenCalumDamirZamirJosiasAries

Sibling names for Osiris

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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