# Ossie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ossie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,594 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,677 / 2,917 (63% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 53, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 26 | 2,112 |
| 1955 | 11 | 3,725 |
| 1956 | 16 | 3,020 |
| 1957 | 21 | 2,542 |
| 1958 | 13 | 3,501 |
| 1959 | 17 | 2,955 |
| 1960 | 5 | 7,049 |
| 1961 | 9 | 4,798 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,288 |
| 1963 | 11 | 4,196 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,339 |
| 1965 | 11 | 4,130 |
| 1966 | 13 | 3,693 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,318 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,989 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 11 | 3,802 |
| 1984 | 5 | 7,038 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,593 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,523 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,728 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,259 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,527 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,398 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,901 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,845 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,516 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,968 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,678 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,978 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,513 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.