Oz
Boy · OZ · Hebrew
Oz is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “strength”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Oz mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word; also short for Oscar or Oswald
“strength”
In Hebrew oz means 'strength'; in English it is also a short form of Oscar or Oswald.
- Say it
- OZ
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Is Oz a girl's or a boy's name?
Oz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Oz, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Oz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Oz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Oz, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Oz than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Oz in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Names like Oz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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