Oskar
Meaning and origin
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Oskar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Oskar has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 545 |
| 1999 | 640 |
| 2000 | 545 |
| 2001 | 492 |
| 2002 | 507 |
| 2003 | 479 |
| 2004 | 522 |
| 2005 | 523 |
| 2006 | 521 |
| 2007 | 418 |
| 2008 | 478 |
| 2009 | 396 |
| 2010 | 437 |
| 2011 | 408 |
| 2012 | 346 |
| 2013 | 355 |
| 2014 | 322 |
| 2015 | 277 |
| 2016 | 288 |
| 2017 | 292 |
| 2018 | 238 |
| 2019 | 217 |
| 2020 | 215 |
| 2021 | 187 |
| 2022 | 165 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 12,939 |
| 2000 | 13,149 |
| 2001 | 13,386 |
| 2002 | 13,676 |
| 2003 | 13,966 |
| 2004 | 14,275 |
| 2005 | 14,609 |
| 2006 | 14,944 |
| 2007 | 15,246 |
| 2008 | 15,617 |
| 2009 | 15,896 |
| 2010 | 16,202 |
| 2011 | 16,493 |
| 2012 | 16,719 |
| 2013 | 17,002 |
| 2014 | 17,241 |
| 2015 | 17,459 |
| 2016 | 17,703 |
| 2017 | 17,944 |
| 2018 | 18,126 |
| 2019 | 18,269 |
| 2020 | 18,409 |
Oskar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Oskar.Hi! My name is Oskar.
- Oskar bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Oskar lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Oskar kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Oskar is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Oskars mamma är lärare.Oskar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Oskars mamma is Oskar's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Oskar
How do you pronounce Oskar in Swedish?
In IPA, Oskar is /¹ɔskar/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Oskar mean?
From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
How popular is Oskar in Sweden?
165 babies were named Oskar in 2022. In 2020, 18,409 people in Sweden had Oskar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.