Names / Boy names
Owen
Current rank
#31
holding steady
All-time peak
#18
in 2022
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
246,300
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #18 in 2022 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Owen first appears in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a boys' name. As of the latest data it stands at #31, holding steady. Its strongest year was 2022, at #18 nationally. Over 246,300 have carried it since records began.