Ozell
- Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,767
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 60.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,725since 1909
Ozell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,619 | 25 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | — | #1,419 | 29 | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 | #1,221 | 29 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 | #1,576 | 22 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Ozell! It came in at #1,155, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ozell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ozell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ozell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1937
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1938
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1937 at #967 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,428
- Highest: 1 in 23,428 boys born in 1909 were named Ozell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #967 in 1937, was only 1 in 25,397 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 18.0% of all boys named Ozell (311) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1931
- Mostly girls until 1930, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,155 (1909) | #1,155 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,388 (1914) | #1,674 |
| 1920s | 259 | #1,192 (1926) | #1,493 |
| 1930s | 311 | #967 (1937) | #1,220 |
| 1940s | 256 | #1,018 (1944) | #1,400 |
| 1950s | 249 | #1,378 (1952) | #1,564 |
| 1960s | 182 | #1,619 (1960) | #1,945 |
| 1970s | 119 | #2,213 (1970) | #3,202 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,270 (1984) | #4,762 |
| 1990s | 58 | #4,697 (1993) | #7,055 |
| 2000s | 26 | #7,831 (2003) | #9,509 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,079 (2011) | #11,139 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,307 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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