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Ozzie

Gender
Boy
Say it
OZ-ee
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#799 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,451 for boys

Ozzie is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 799th for boys in the UK (46 babies) and 1,451st for boys in the US (123 babies).

What does Ozzie mean?

Old English: pet form of Oswald, Oscar and other Os- names

A pet form of names beginning Os-, such as Oswald and Oscar, now often given in its own right.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ozzie a girl's or a boy's name?

Ozzie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 46 boys in the UK and 41 girls and 123 boys in the US.

How popular is Ozzie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
799th among boys
Babies in 2025
46 about 1 in 6,500 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 137% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 46 boys in the UK were named Ozzie, making it the 799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 54 boys. 4 girls were also named Ozzie in 2025 (4,935th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Ozzie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 334 boys in the UK were given Ozzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #186, up from #799 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 811th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.

2003Busiest: 54 in 20242025
Ozzie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202546#799
202454#720
202347#779
202230#1,070
202133#993
202024#1,206
201918#1,479
201820#1,362
201716#1,649
201614#1,804
201517#1,535
201412#1,929
20139#2,334
201217#1,542
20113#4,837
201014#1,724
20097#2,679
20084#3,836
20076#2,873
20065#3,013
20053#3,992
20044#3,147
20036#2,283

How popular is Ozzie in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,451st among boys
Babies in 2025
123 about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 61% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 123 boys in the US were named Ozzie, making it the 1,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,766th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 136 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900. 41 girls were also named Ozzie in 2025 (3,644th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Ozzie in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 681 boys in the US were given Ozzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #458, up from #1,451 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 50% of the babies named Ozzie in the US in 1918, and 25% in 2025.

1900Busiest: 136 in 20232025
Ozzie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025123#1,451
2024131#1,413
2023136#1,369
2022127#1,433
2021114#1,538
202086#1,766
201981#1,849
201875#1,958
201764#2,129
201647#2,625
201556#2,327
201462#2,173
201343#2,713
201234#3,228
201143#2,747
201044#2,729
200941#2,893
200842#2,827
200744#2,721
200624#3,998
200529#3,385
200423#3,855
200323#3,727
200233#2,813
200120#3,968
200023#3,530
199926#3,099
199815#4,409
199716#4,054
199614#4,390
199510#5,495
199421#3,209
199321#3,135
199222#2,993
199121#2,983
199022#2,859
198918#3,199
198823#2,504
198735#1,826
198627#2,094
198522#2,356
19849#4,212
198320#2,407
198214#3,107
198115#2,896
19808#4,493
197919#2,464
19786#5,056
19779#3,834
197616#2,600
197519#2,287
197411#3,118
197311#3,011
19729#3,342
197121#1,986
197012#2,738
196917#2,045
196810#2,734
196713#2,241
196614#2,131
196516#1,986
196427#1,509
196316#2,043
196225#1,587
196114#2,241
196022#1,727
195937#1,279
195829#1,445
195736#1,299
195626#1,531
195529#1,418
195434#1,291
195331#1,356
195231#1,346
195129#1,372
195027#1,394
194925#1,461
194820#1,655
194725#1,481
194621#1,556
194518#1,580
194427#1,282
194328#1,307
194217#1,730
194117#1,685
194016#1,736
193913#1,958
193812#2,084
193726#1,313
193628#1,243
193527#1,295
193418#1,658
193317#1,707
193210#2,465
19315#3,761
193014#2,079
192912#2,316
192816#1,960
192714#2,193
192618#1,846
192516#2,011
19248#3,259
192315#2,122
19226#3,870
192111#2,631
192015#2,130
191914#2,151
191819#1,766
191710#2,561
19167#3,176
191511#2,309
191419#1,388
19138#2,091
19126#2,268
19115#1,739
19107#1,313
19095#1,439
19085#1,372
19076#1,199
19060–
19050–
19040–
19037#910
19020–
19010–
19007#1,049

Names like Ozzie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alfie, Oakley, Albie, Frankie, Theo, Hudson, Vinnie, Sonny, Arlo, Roman, Reggie, Grayson

Other spellings of Ozzie

Ozzy, Ozzi

Names related to Ozzie

Izzie

More Old English names

Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund

Every Old English name

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, “Ozzie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ozzie, updated 20 October 2026.