Ozell
#13,383 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ozell has been given to 2,841 babies in the U.S. since 1909. In 2025 it ranked #13,383 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1937, with 42 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.
Babies named Ozell, 2025
1 in 663,000
Ozell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ozell over time
In 2025, Ozell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ozell?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #13,383
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ozell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ozell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ozells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ozell was born before 1945 — so the typical Ozell is around 80 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1930s
- 18.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 3.5%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 749
- People you could plausibly meet
1930s — 18.0% of all recorded uses (311).
Is Ozell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,750
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 11.9%
- Peak was 1937 (42)
- Years since peak
- 88
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 38.7% average annual change
Spellings of Ozell
Ozell is not the most common spelling — Lowell is, with 40.2% against Ozell's 1.7%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Ozell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ozell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 139,042 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 20,000
- 2Georgia1 in 50,000
- 3Alabama1 in 100,000
- 4Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 5Florida1 in —
- 6Illinois1 in —
- 7North Carolina1 in —
- 8Tennessee1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ozell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Ozell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Ozell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 79,555 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 20,000
- 2Arkansas1 in 33,333
- 3Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 4Tennessee1 in 100,000
- 5Texas1 in 100,000
- 6Georgia1 in —
- 7Louisiana1 in —
- 8North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ozell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ozell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Ozell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ozell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.