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Ozzie

#1,455 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Oswald

Ozzie has been given to 4,177 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #1,455 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 136 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Ozzie, 2025

1 in 27,000

Ozzie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Ozzie over time

In 2025, Ozzie went to 25% girls and 75% boys.

18872025

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.

Ozzie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Oswald

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ozzie means

Ozzie is a diminutive of Oswald.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ozzie → Oswald. The family’s meaning is “god, deity + power”, recorded in English with the source elements ōs and weald.

Origin, language, and formation

Ozzie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Oswald and Oscar.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,214 boys were recorded with the name Ozzie between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 136 in 2023; its best national rank was #990 in 1903.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,774 in 2020 to #1,455 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,342 in 2015 to #1,455 in 2025.

In the United States, 963 girls were recorded with the name Ozzie between 1887 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 63 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,269 in 1887.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,299 in 2020 to #3,693 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,928 in 2015 to #3,693 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ozzie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 27,000
123 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,455
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,683 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ozzie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,683 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ozzie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ozzies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ozzie was born before 1998 — so the typical Ozzie is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
22.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,563
People you could plausibly meet
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2020s — 22.3% of all recorded uses (717).

Is Ozzie 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
−40
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+319
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+887
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
90.4%
Peak was 2023 (136)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#990
1903

Spellings of Ozzie

Ozzie is not the most common spelling — Ollie is, with 34.2% against Ozzie's 6.2%.

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 Ozzie is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ozzie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 23,128 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 12,500
  2. 2Illinois1 in 12,500
  3. 3Missouri1 in 14,286
  4. 4Indiana1 in 25,000
  5. 5New York1 in 25,000
  6. 6Oregon1 in 25,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 25,000
  8. 8Utah1 in 25,000

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.

Where Ozzie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ozzie was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 265,907 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 25,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 50,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 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. Ozzie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ozzie around the world

Where Ozzie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #811
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2025
    #495
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2020–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    2021–2021
    #6,748
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ozzie

People whose public names include Ozzie, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ozzie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ozzie. Linked forms have their own page here.

OzOzzyOssie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ozzie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,455
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 319
Best rank ever
#990
1903
Peak year
2023
136 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,214
Count in 2025
123

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,693
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,606
Best rank ever
#1,269
1887
Peak year
2022
63 that year
First recorded
1887
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
963
Count in 2025
41

Names similar to Ozzie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Ozzie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ozzie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ozzie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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