How Many People Are Named Oscar Delahoya?

There are approximately 1 people named Oscar Delahoya living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Oscar with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Delahoya. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Oscar

Last Name

Delahoya

Oscar: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Oscar. The peak year was 2006 with 3,607 births. The average person named Oscar today is 35 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Oscar

In the 2020 Census, the first name Oscar was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (83.16%). The next largest recorded groups were White (9.59%) and Black (4.33%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Oscar in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Oscar rose or fell over time.

White

9.59%

Black

4.33%

Hispanic

83.16%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.93%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.26%

Two or More Races

0.73%

Ancestry of the Delahoya Surname

The surname Delahoya was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Delahoya in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

2.99%

Black

0.14%

Hispanic

96.60%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.27%

How we calculated this

The first name "Oscar" has an estimated frequency of 0.0418% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Delahoya" appears at a rate of 0.25 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Oscar are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Oscar

Oscar Smith Oscar Johnson Oscar Williams Oscar Brown Oscar Jones Oscar Garcia Oscar Lewis Oscar Ramos

Other people with the surname Delahoya

Michael Delahoya James Delahoya John Delahoya David Delahoya Robert Delahoya William Delahoya

Oscar Delahoya: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Oscar Delahoya?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Oscar Delahoya are alive in the United States today. The first name Oscar is shared by 143,368 Americans, and the surname Delahoya is shared by 844.

How rare is the name Oscar Delahoya?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Oscar is common and the surname Delahoya is very rare.

Is Oscar a male or female name?

Oscar is predominantly male, with 99.5% of bearers being male and 0.5% female. It peaked in popularity in 2006 and the average bearer today is 35 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Oscar?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Oscar was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (83.16%). The next largest recorded groups were White (9.59%) and Black (4.33%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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