Oziah
Masculine · “the Lord is my strength”
Oziah is a form of Uzziah — the Lord is my strength — a king of Judah who reigned fifty-two years and died a leper for burning incense he had no right to.
How old is the name Oziah?
Oziah first appears in US birth records in 2006 — 19 years ago. The typical Oziah is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Oziah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Oziah most popular?
Oziah peaked in 2025, reaching #1826 nationally. Today it ranks #1826, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From oz to Oziah
The story of Oziah
Uzziah, also called Azariah, ruled Judah for fifty-two years and rebuilt its army and defenses; Chronicles says he grew proud, burned incense in the temple against the priests' warning, and was struck with leprosy on the spot. Isaiah's vision is dated to the year of his death. Oziah appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
the Lord is my strength
Through Uzziah, from the Hebrew Uzziyahu — oz, 'strength', and Yahu, the divine name. It is a complete statement rather than a word. The same oz opens Uzzi and Uzziel. The Hebrew is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- oz
- Uzziyahu
- Uzziah
- Oziah
Related forms: עזיהו · Uzziah · Ozías
Pronouncing Oziah
oh-ZY-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Hebrew Uzziyahu has four with the stress at the end.
Nicknames for Oziah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2006
- Most boys named
- 202587 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1826reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +4.8%87 in 2025, from 83
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Oziah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- עזיהו in Hebrew — transliteration
- Uzziah in English — related form
- Ozías in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Oziahs among us
people named Oziah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,633 born in 2025 was named Oziah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Oziah
- #1826
- Oziah on the 2025 chart
- #774
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Oziah went to 87 boys in 2025, but Osiah, Oziyah and Ozia are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 154, which makes it the 774th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,052 places above the chart.
- Oziah87
- Osiah54
- Oziyah7
- Ozia6
About 1 boy in 11,091 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,633 for Oziah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kimmie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Oziah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kimmie climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kimmie's path sketches the road Oziah is walking now.
Oziah is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Oziah is headed
Oziah looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 32% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Oziah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Oziah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement and is undisputed.
- A fifty-two-year reign and a genuinely dramatic downfall stand behind it.
- Ozzie and Ziah are two short forms, both with real use.
- Uzziah is the standard biblical spelling.
- The king's story ends badly and pointedly.
- Josiah and Isaiah are close enough to cause confusion.
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Masculine · #1826 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Oziahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Oziah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Oziah?
- Oziah is the most-used spelling in US records — 87 of the 154 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Osiah, Oziyah and Ozia.
- How popular is the name Oziah in 2025?
- Oziah ranks #1826 among US boy names in 2025, with 87 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Oziah?
- About 1 in every 19,633 US boys born in 2025 was named Oziah — 87 in all.
- Will my child share the name Oziah with classmates?
- Oziah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Oziah
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