# Ozzie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ozzie/  
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 | Ozzy, Ozie |
| US babies named this | 4,177 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,214 / 963 (23% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 397, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutive forms, + -ie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 11 | 3,845 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,786 |
| 1960 | 5 | 7,051 |
| 1962 | 6 | 6,369 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,933 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,763 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,466 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,463 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,449 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,304 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,220 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,747 |
| 2023 | 53 | 3,130 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,849 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,694 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,782 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,284 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,751 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,198 |
| 2015 | 56 | 2,343 |
| 2016 | 47 | 2,651 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,150 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,972 |
| 2019 | 81 | 1,862 |
| 2020 | 86 | 1,774 |
| 2021 | 114 | 1,544 |
| 2022 | 127 | 1,438 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,376 |
| 2024 | 131 | 1,415 |
| 2025 | 123 | 1,455 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 41 | 791 |
| 2024 | 51 | 702 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## People named Ozzie

- Ozzie Nelson, actor, band leader, television producer and director (1906-1975)
- Ozzie Newsome, American football player, executive
- Ozhaino Albies, baseball player

## 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.