Ozie
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ozie has been given to 2,168 babies in the U.S. since 1888. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 45 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.
Babies named Ozie, 1961
1 in 828,000
Ozie 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Ozie over time
In 2010, Ozie 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 Ozie?
Ozie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1961
- 1 in 828,000
- 5 of 4,142,426 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 404,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1961
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 574,263 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ozie sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 574,263 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ozie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ozies were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ozie was born before 1922 — so the typical Ozie is around 103 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 27.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 21.1%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 76
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 27.9% of all recorded uses (345).
Is Ozie 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
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1922 (45)
- Years since peak
- 103
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 42.0% average annual change
Spellings of Ozie
Ozie is not the most common spelling — Zoe is, with 23.4% against Ozie's 0.18%.
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 Ozie is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Ozie was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 90,593 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in 20,000
- 2Mississippi1 in 25,000
- 3Alabama1 in 50,000
- 4Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 5Louisiana1 in —
- 6North Carolina1 in —
- 7Tennessee1 in —
- 8Texas1 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. Ozie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Ozie is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ozie was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 156,051 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 2Georgia1 in 100,000
- 3Mississippi1 in 100,000
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. Ozie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ozie by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Ozie
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ozie
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.