How common is the name Owen?

176,419 people in the United States have the first name Owen, about 1 in 1,712. It ranks #312 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OWEN

#312

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
176,419
About
1 in 1,712
This common or more
49.7%
Who bears it

Of the 176,419 people named Owen, 84.1% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Owen peaked in 2016, when 10,331 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
10,331
In 2025*
7,223 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 246,320 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Owen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #31. The largest share of babies named Owen, 46.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#403758
1890s#516761
1900s#564860
1910s#4893,815
1920s#4935,892
1930s#5624,304
1940s#6913,922
1950s#8083,956
1960s#1,0082,922
1970s#1,0223,034
1980s#9374,068
1990s#5909,690
2000s#11162,022
2010s#4891,310
2020s#3149,006
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.8%
Silent Generation 1928–453.1%
Baby boom 1946–642.9%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–963.2%
Generation Z 1997–1237.7%
2013 and later46.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Owen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Owen has been most common in New Hampshire (2.5×), Vermont (2.1×), and Utah (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.43×).

239,492 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Owen

#310 Brooke · 178,439#311 Amelia · 176,472#313 Elaine · 176,185#314 Roy · 176,166

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Owen, most common first.

#16,369 Owyn · 690#37,508 Owin · 208

Also a last name

As a last name, Owen ranks #561 of 156,621, with 58,962 people. See Owen as a last name

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