Ozan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-zan
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Ozan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “bard, folk poet”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Ozan mean?
Turkish
“bard, folk poet”
In Turkish an ozan is a wandering bard; the word goes back to the poet-singers of the medieval Oghuz Turks.
Is Ozan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ozan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ozan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Ozan, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ozan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Ozan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Ozan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Ozan, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Ozan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ozan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Ozan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orhan, Rowan, Musa, Zayan, Ayaan, Oisin, Ayman, Oakley, Lochlan, Rayyan, Hudson, Ronan
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz, Demir
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ozan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ozan, updated 20 October 2026.