Arlo or Oscar
Arlo is the more popular boy name in Canada, #88 to #153 in 2024. Oscar is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #8 to #15 in 2025. Arlo is the more popular boy name in the USA, #146 to #217 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.
Place by place
Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.
| Place | Year | Arlo | Oscar | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #88 | #153 | Arlo |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #15 | #8 | Oscar |
| USA | 2024 | #146 | #217 | Arlo |
| Alberta | 2024 | #131 | #232 | Arlo |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #63 | #103 | Arlo |
| Ontario | 2024 | #122 | #160 | Arlo |
| Quebec | 2024 | #104 | #134 | Arlo |
Arlo and Oscar in Canada, 2020–2024
Arlo climbed from #147 in 2020 to #88 in 2024 in Canada. Oscar slipped from #143 in 2020 to #153 in 2024 in Canada. Arlo passed Oscar in 2022.
Arlo and Oscar in England and Wales, 2020–2025
Arlo climbed from #27 in 2020 to #15 in 2025 in England and Wales. Oscar slipped from #7 in 2020 to #8 in 2025 in England and Wales.
Arlo and Oscar in the USA, 2020–2024
Arlo climbed from #220 in 2020 to #146 in 2024 in the USA. Oscar slipped from #214 in 2020 to #217 in 2024 in the USA. Arlo passed Oscar in 2021.
Other comparisons
How this comparison is built
Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.
A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.