UK boy's name
Oskaras
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Oskaras is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Oskaras popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4270, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2012, with 21 births.
This profile covers 209 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 2007 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 19% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 211 living people in the UK are called Oskaras. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Oskaras ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2012, when 21 boys were registered as Oskaras.
- • Oskaras ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #390 in 2009.
- • About 211 living people in the UK are estimated to have Oskaras as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4270
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2012
21 births
Estimated living
211
2026
Popularity
Oskaras over time
The chart below shows babies named Oskaras registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Oskaras, the clearest high point is 2012. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 21 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Oskaras by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Oskaras was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #2475 | 51 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1713 | 139 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2923 | 19 | 3 |
Geography
Where Oskaras is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Oskaras. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Oskaras ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #390 in 2009.
Across the UK
Oskaras in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#390 in 2009
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Oskaras
- Oliver 157,197
- Oscar 67,495
- Owen 33,517
- Ollie 13,193
- Oakley 9,838
- Omar 6,823
- Otis 6,395
- Oskar 4,827
- Olly 4,403
- Otto 3,839
- Osian 3,145
- Owain 2,310
FAQ
Oskaras: questions and answers
How popular is the name Oskaras in the UK right now?
In 2024, Oskaras was ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Oskaras most popular?
The peak year on record was 2012, with 21 babies registered as Oskaras in England and Wales.
How many people are called Oskaras in the UK?
A total of 209 babies have been registered as Oskaras across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Oskaras most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Oskaras ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #390 in 2009. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.