Name meaning & stats
Oscar
Oscar means “deer lover (debated)” (Irish origin). 153,717 US babies since 1940, peak 2006.
What it means
“deer lover (debated)”
IrishDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
153,717 US babies were named Oscar between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Oscar (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Oscar is the main spelling
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)