Ozzy
- #2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births
- #548 for boys in 2025, 548 births
- Given to boys 92.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 548 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,180since 1982
Ozzy 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 | #2,514 | 70 | #548 | 548 |
| 2024 | #2,798 | 60 | #598 | 476 |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | #553 | 529 |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 | #618 | 453 |
| 2021 | #3,069 | 53 | #713 | 366 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #1,046 | 193 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #1,193 | 160 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #1,521 | 112 |
| 2017 | — | #1,746 | 88 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,184 | 62 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,001 | 72 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,299 | 57 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,299 | 55 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,358 | 54 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,547 | 48 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,169 | 61 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,140 | 63 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,304 | 56 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,528 | 44 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,376 | 47 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,749 | 69 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,395 | 94 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,117 | 49 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,425 | 39 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,981 | 25 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
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| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Ozzy! It came in at #4,234, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ozzy is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#214 · 1 in 819
- New Mexico#270 · 1 in 929
- Kansas#352 · 1 in 1,405
- Arizona#357 · 1 in 1,558
- Washington#364 · 1 in 1,640
Best ever in a state: #127 in Alaska, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #214 | 24 | 1 in 819 |
| New Mexico | #270 | 7 | 1 in 929 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Arizona | #357 | 21 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Washington | #364 | 20 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Iowa | #379 | 9 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Indiana | #395 | 18 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Colorado | #398 | 15 | 1 in 1,790 |
| California | #401 | 82 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Kentucky | #422 | 11 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Missouri | #439 | 14 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Ohio | #455 | 23 | 1 in 2,284 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Illinois | #513 | 19 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| Florida | #569 | 30 | 1 in 3,184 |
| Michigan | #571 | 14 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Virginia | #587 | 12 | 1 in 3,104 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Texas | #595 | 52 | 1 in 3,366 |
| Pennsylvania | #605 | 15 | 1 in 3,484 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 7 | 1 in 3,028 |
| North Carolina | #718 | 12 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Georgia | #990 | 8 | 1 in 6,278 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ozzy
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 498 spots since 2020 (#1,046 → #548)
- Biggest jump: 333 spots in 2021
- Biggest drop: 45 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2025 at #548 (548 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,117
- Highest: 1 in 3,117 boys born in 2025 were named Ozzy (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 61.4% of all boys named Ozzy (2,565) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 69 | #2,784 (1989) | #4,121 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,157 (1998) | #3,152 |
| 2000s | 544 | #1,395 (2002) | #2,267 |
| 2010s | 769 | #1,193 (2019) | #2,032 |
| 2020s | 2,565 | #548 (2025) | #679 |
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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