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Ozzy

#549 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Ozzie

Ozzy has been given to 4,534 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #549 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 548 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Ozzy, 2025

1 in 6,050

Ozzy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Ozzy went to 11% girls and 89% boys.

19822025

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.

Ozzy: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Ozzie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ozzy means

Ozzy is a variant of Ozzie.

Origin, language, and formation

Ozzy is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ozzie, Oswald and Oscar.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ozzy is pronounced /ˈɔzi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,180 boys were recorded with the name Ozzy between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 548 in 2025; its best national rank was #549 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,049 in 2020 to #549 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,013 in 2015 to #549 in 2025.

In the United States, 354 girls were recorded with the name Ozzy between 2018 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 72 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,488 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,265 in 2020 to #2,533 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 Ozzy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 6,050
548 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,120
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#549
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ozzy 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 1002%
School of 5008%

Put another way: gather 4,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ozzy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ozzys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ozzy was born before 2021 — so the typical Ozzy is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
61.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,180
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 61.4% of all recorded uses (2,565).

Is Ozzy 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
+50
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+500
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,464
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
7.61×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (548)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#549
2025

Spellings of Ozzy

Ozzy is the most-used spelling, taking 39.9% of the 10,466 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Ozzy is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ozzy was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,538 boys, against 1 in 5,852 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 20,000).

565 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,538
  2. 2Idaho1 in 2,564
  3. 3Oregon1 in 3,333
  4. 4Arizona1 in 3,571
  5. 5Colorado1 in 3,704
  6. 6Washington1 in 3,704
  7. 7Alaska1 in 3,846
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 3,846

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.

Geographically, Ozzy is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 63% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Ozzy is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ozzy was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 58,408 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 14,286
  2. 2California1 in 33,333
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 50,000
  4. 4Washington1 in 50,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 100,000
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 100,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

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.

Ozzy around the world

Where Ozzy 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
    2000–2025
    #191
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2025
    #367
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2022–2025
    #344
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2022–2025
    #509
    in 2025
  • France
    2014–2022
    #5,506
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2003–2024
    #564
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2005–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA 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 Ozzy

People whose public names include Ozzy, 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.

Ozzy in other languages

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

OzOssieOzzie

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

Ozzy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#549
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 500
Best rank ever
#549
2025
Peak year
2025
548 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,180
Count in 2025
548

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,533
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,732
Best rank ever
#2,488
2023
Peak year
2023
72 that year
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
354
Count in 2025
70

Names similar to Ozzy

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

OzzieIzzyOzziOzzielMozzyBuzzyEzzyDizzyKizzyMazzy

Names with a curve like Ozzy

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

OceanAzrielTruEliamAnderCillianRioKrewZyairKenzoSalemMylo

Sibling names for Ozzy

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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