Ozzy

What Ozzy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ozzy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,001 in 2015, #548 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ozzy?

US: Rising: up from #2001 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1159 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 548 boys got the name (#548 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 3,117 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,030 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (1.22 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ozzy is #548 in the US and #191 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 88.7% of US babies named Ozzy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Izzy25 US · 6 E&W
• Ozzi10 US · 11 E&W
• Ozai7 US
• Ezzy6 US
• Uzay5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ozzy

Boys

• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025

For a sister

• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Miriam#246possibly “bitter”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ozzy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.