How Many People Are Named Ozzie?

2,963

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

About 1 in 115,350 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,177 babies named Ozzie in Social Security records from 1887 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,202

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,945

See the top 100

Peak Year

2022

190 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: AHZ-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Diminutive of OSWALD, OSBORN, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Ozzie in English. Counting Ozzie and these spellings together, about 7,457 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

AnsovaldÁsbjörnÁsvaldrBjarniOsbeornOswaldAsbjørnBjarneEbbeEsbenEspenOsvaldOzOzzyAnsaldo

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
15.2%
Male
84.8%

Of the babies given the name Ozzie, 15.2% were girls and 84.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ozzie fell from 48.8% in the 1910s to 26.8% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1920s, at 58.9%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ozzie alive today is about 26 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 1,920
64.8%
30 to 59 459
15.5%
60 and over 583
19.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ozzie first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 2022, to 190 babies. In 2025, 164 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ozzie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #990, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #1,455. Among girls, its best rank was #1,269, in 1887.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#1,455#3,693
Best rank#990 (1903)#1,269 (1887)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,499 in the 2020s#3,520 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Ozzie were born in California than in any other state: about 336 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ozzie was given 9 times as often in Mississippi, 3.7 times in Georgia and 3.1 times in California.

California 336
Texas 126
Illinois 74
New York 56
Florida 38
Mississippi 35
Georgia 32
Missouri 20
Indiana 17
Ohio 13
Washington 11
Pennsylvania 10
Utah 8
Oregon 7
Minnesota 6
Tennessee 5
Wisconsin 5
Arizona 5
South Carolina 2
Louisiana 1
Alabama 1

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