Owen Name Popularity

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How popular is Owen?

Ranking 25th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Owen is very popular.

Currently in the top 50, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 23, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 2016 with 10,294 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Owen was 63 in 1902.

Owen, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1908-1918, 1992-2006, and 2013-2016.

Owen's popularity is at a very high point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Owen be?

The popularity trend for Owen has been soaring upward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Owen for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Owen is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Owen (Girl)		Owen (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		25	5,240	9,288	25
2017		30	4,653	9,338	28
2016		26	5,236	10,294	23
2015		18	6,899	9,596	36
2014		23	5,743	9,150	36
2013		15	8,050	8,756	38
2012		20	6,505	8,690	38
2011		18	7,033	8,332	44
2010		10	11,036	8,175	47
2009		14	8,768	8,139	51
2008		25	5,705	7,796	58
2007		13	9,407	8,246	56
2006		11	10,429	8,171	58
2005		21	5,949	7,167	60
2004		28	4,782	6,706	67
2003		14	7,887	5,700	72
2002		11	9,322	4,189	94
2001		< 5	--	3,031	130
2000		7	12,793	2,714	145
1999		6	13,969	2,374	153
1998		8	10,871	1,872	179
1997		6	13,288	1,366	224
1996		< 5	--	1,005	277
1995		6	12,918	700	350
1994		< 5	--	488	454
1993		< 5	--	458	460
1992		< 5	--	453	474
1991		6	12,643	456	462
1990		< 5	--	479	453
1989		< 5	--	435	450
1988		< 5	--	467	417
1987		< 5	--	462	404
1986		< 5	--	405	430
1985		6	10,261	413	422
1984		< 5	--	398	415
1983		6	9,860	357	437
1982		6	10,089	377	431
1981		< 5	--	380	430
1980		< 5	--	353	440
1979		< 5	--	372	412
1978		5	10,935	272	489
1977		< 5	--	323	446
1976		< 5	--	279	472
1975		< 5	--	297	468
1974		< 5	--	336	430
1973		6	8,109	337	427
1972		< 5	--	317	446
1971		< 5	--	248	518
1970		6	7,715	238	524
1969		< 5	--	274	462
1968		6	6,786	215	516
1967		< 5	--	230	496
1966		< 5	--	264	473
1965		< 5	--	272	471
1964		< 5	--	295	463
1963		< 5	--	279	477
1962		< 5	--	348	429
1961		< 5	--	354	423
1960		< 5	--	386	405
1959		< 5	--	386	405
1958		< 5	--	370	406
1957		5	6,789	406	382
1956		< 5	--	399	371
1955		< 5	--	346	387
1954		< 5	--	403	359
1953		< 5	--	414	341
1952		< 5	--	455	328
1951		< 5	--	376	354
1950		6	5,138	390	341
1949		< 5	--	369	352
1948		< 5	--	386	341
1947		< 5	--	405	339
1946		< 5	--	392	324
1945		< 5	--	369	308
1944		< 5	--	392	304
1943		< 5	--	418	300
1942		< 5	--	414	299
1941		< 5	--	413	285
1940		< 5	--	363	294
1939		< 5	--	383	283
1938		6	4,225	406	274
1937		< 5	--	412	267
1936		< 5	--	385	276
1935		< 5	--	411	269
1934		< 5	--	435	259
1933		< 5	--	440	249
1932		< 5	--	444	256
1931		5	4,828	456	252
1930		8	3,588	513	245
1929		9	3,334	526	236
1928		< 5	--	505	250
1927		< 5	--	552	239
1926		5	5,450	554	238
1925		< 5	--	582	227
1924		< 5	--	634	213
1923		5	5,528	587	224
1922		< 5	--	632	205
1921		< 5	--	703	195
1920		< 5	--	598	217
1919		< 5	--	556	221
1918		8	3,783	591	212
1917		6	4,471	489	224
1916		5	4,985	488	219
1915		5	4,802	479	216
1914		< 5	--	356	225
1913		< 5	--	293	216
1912		< 5	--	265	209
1911		< 5	--	156	196
1910		< 5	--	118	214
1909		< 5	--	90	233
1908		< 5	--	105	197
1907		< 5	--	104	195
1906		< 5	--	82	217
1905		< 5	--	89	196
1904		< 5	--	71	220
1903		< 5	--	83	192
1902		< 5	--	63	227
1901		< 5	--	80	182
1900		< 5	--	93	203
1899		< 5	--	66	201
1898		< 5	--	64	221
1897		< 5	--	70	203
1896		< 5	--	83	197
1895		< 5	--	75	195
1894		< 5	--	80	186
1893		< 5	--	80	184
1892		< 5	--	102	158
1891		< 5	--	73	180
1890		< 5	--	68	197
1889		< 5	--	75	181
1888		< 5	--	98	156
1887		< 5	--	68	184
1886		< 5	--	83	170
1885		< 5	--	70	188
1884		< 5	--	91	151
1883		< 5	--	63	189
1882		< 5	--	65	199
1881		< 5	--	67	174
1880		< 5	--	78	169

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.