How Many People Are Named Ossie?

1,095

people named Ossie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 312,132 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,594 babies named Ossie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,992

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#718

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Peak Year

1919

138 births

Trend

2014

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
48.9%
Male
51.1%

Of the babies given the name Ossie, 48.9% were girls and 51.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ossie fell from 63.4% in the 1880s to 35.1% in the 1960s. It was highest in the 1900s, at 79.6%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ossie alive today is about 69 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 81 in 2025.

Under 30 40
3.7%
30 to 59 216
19.7%
60 and over 838
76.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ossie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 138 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2014

🏆 Rank History

Ossie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #553, in 1887. Among boys, its best rank was #672, in 1900.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not rankedNot ranked
Best rank#553 (1887)#672 (1900)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#869 in the 1920s#1,381 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ossie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ossie were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 120 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ossie was given 15.1 times as often in Georgia, 5.7 times in Mississippi and 4.5 times in Alabama.

Georgia 120
Mississippi 26
Alabama 19
North Carolina 13
Tennessee 6
Florida 5
Louisiana 3
Arkansas 3
Texas 2
South Carolina 1
Virginia 1

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