Osmund

#10,405 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Osmond

Osmund has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 1957. In 2025 it ranked #10,405 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1957, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Osmund, 2025

1 in 474,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Osmund: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Osmond

Germanic languages and Old Norse

What Osmund means

Osmund is a form of Osmond.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Osmund → Osmond. The family’s meaning is “a god + protection, hand”, recorded in English with the source elements áss and mund.

Origin, language, and formation

Osmund is used in English, Norwegian Nynorsk and Old English. Its origins include Germanic languages and Old Norse.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Osmond.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Osmund is pronounced /ˈoːsˌmund/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 31 boys were recorded with the name Osmund between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1957; its best national rank was #3,190 in 1957.

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.

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How common is Osmund?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,405; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Osmund 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Osmund. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Osmunds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Osmund was born before 2018 — so the typical Osmund is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 41.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 58.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 41.9% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Osmund 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 87.5%; Peak was 1957 (8)
Years since peak: 68; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,190; 1957

Spellings of Osmund

Osmund is not the most common spelling — Edmund is, with 90.5% against Osmund's 0.05%.

Edmund90.5%52,083
Osman6.8%3,893
Osmin0.95%549
Ormond0.89%513
Esmond0.88%507
Osmund0.05%31

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.

Osmund by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,405
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #3,190; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 8 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Osmund

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

Osmany Asmund Osmani Osmond Osmer Mukund Rylund Osmel Osmo Osmin Dezmund Osmon Tormund Desmund Raimund Garlund Zygmund Osmar Edmound Ashlund Zigmund Osman Raymound Raymund

Sibling names for Osmund

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

Evonne Lyn Mariann Laureen Meryl Darleen Sharlene Louann

For a brother

Hayward Stan Lonny Nicky Kennith Danial Mitch Jacky

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