Ozzie
Feminine · “god”
Ozzie is given to both — 963 girls and 3,214 boys since 1880. See Ozzie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Ozzie is a short form with several possible parents — Oswald, Osborne and Osmond among them — and all of them carry the same Old English first element: os, a god.
How old is the name Ozzie?
Ozzie first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Ozzie alive today was born around 1940, making them about 85 years old. About 500 people named Ozzie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ozzie most popular?
Ozzie peaked in 1887, reaching #1147 nationally. Today it ranks #3645, 2,498 places below that high. See the whole 1887 chart.
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Where it comes from
From os to Ozzie
The story of Ozzie
Os was one of the commonest elements in Anglo-Saxon naming and survived the Conversion without embarrassment — Oswald was a Christian king and a saint. The names it opens produced Ozzie and Ossie as short forms. Ozzie was in real American use for girls in the nineteenth century, which surprises people, and has since become far more common for men.
Meaningscholars disagree
god
The Old English element os names a heathen god and opens Oswald, Osborne, Osmond and Oscar; which of them a given Ozzie came from is rarely recoverable. The name is also used as a short form of Australian and of Hebrew Oz, strength.
How the name formed
- os
- Oswald
- Ozzie
Related forms: Ossie · Oswald
Pronouncing Ozzie
OZ-ee
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Ozzie
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
- 1887
- Most girls named
- 202263 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1147reached in 1887
- Change vs 2024
- −30.5%41 in 2025, from 59
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.
Ozzie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ossie in English — spelling variant
- Oswald in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Ozzies among us
people named Ozzie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 39,202 born in 2025 was named Ozzie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Ozzie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ozzie is headed
Ozzie is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 90% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Ozzie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ozzie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Anglo-Saxon element behind it with a genuinely striking meaning.
- Genuine nineteenth-century American use for girls, which is a real precedent.
- Warm and immediately friendly, and understood by everyone.
- It is far more common for men in current use, so she will correct assumptions.
- It reads as a nickname, which may matter on a formal document.
- Australians use the word for their own country, which travelers will meet.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ozzies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Ozzie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ozzie in 2025?
- Ozzie ranks #3645 among US girl names in 2025, with 41 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ozzie?
- About 1 in every 39,202 US girls born in 2025 was named Ozzie — 41 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ozzie with classmates?
- Ozzie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ozzie
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