Meaning not yet researched.
Ossie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #553 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #553 in 1887. No US babies were recorded with the name Ossie in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #553 in 1887.
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Ossie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #553 in 1887 · most girls in one year: 96 (1919).
Fewer than five US girls were named Ossie in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #553, reached in 1887. The most girls given the name in a single year was 96, in 1919. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,107 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Ossie in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #673, reached in 1900. The most boys given the name in a single year was 42, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,602 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ossie in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 14 babies. In all, 4,594 US babies have been given the name, 63% of them girls and 37% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,012 babies named Ossie.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Ossie.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Ozzy (4,534 babies since 1880), Ozzie (4,177 babies since 1880), Ocie (6,871 babies since 1880) and Ozie (2,168 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Osei are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Osei (238).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ossie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | — | 5 | #13,513 |
| 2007 | — | — | 6 | #11,978 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #11,678 |
| 2004 | — | — | 6 | #10,968 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #10,516 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #11,845 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #7,901 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,398 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,527 |
| 1990 | — | — | 8 | #6,259 |
| 1987 | — | — | 6 | #6,728 |
| 1986 | — | — | 5 | #7,523 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,593 |
| 1984 | — | — | 5 | #7,038 |
| 1983 | — | — | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,452 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,334 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,989 | 7 | #5,348 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,510 |
| 1978 | — | — | 10 | #3,781 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,580 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,916 |
| 1975 | — | — | 6 | #5,280 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,501 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #4,920 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,315 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,264 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #3,022 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,318 | 13 | #2,514 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,276 |
| 1967 | — | — | 13 | #2,319 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,693 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,130 | 5 | #4,291 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,339 | 15 | #2,173 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,196 | 13 | #2,382 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,288 | 15 | #2,166 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,798 | 12 | #2,505 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,049 | 15 | #2,180 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,955 | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,501 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,542 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,020 | 24 | #1,632 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,725 | 18 | #1,888 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,112 | 22 | #1,658 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,219 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,187 | 20 | #1,732 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,054 | 21 | #1,671 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,107 | 22 | #1,602 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,621 | 21 | #1,654 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,935 | 32 | #1,290 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,849 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,760 | 21 | #1,594 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,474 | 20 | #1,523 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,358 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,580 | 25 | #1,427 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,244 | 24 | #1,457 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,525 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,165 | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,175 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1938 | 51 | #1,006 | 18 | #1,672 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,092 | 18 | #1,673 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,130 | 16 | #1,775 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,051 | 17 | #1,744 |
| 1934 | 55 | #933 | 27 | #1,312 |
| 1933 | 51 | #970 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1932 | 44 | #1,078 | 25 | #1,414 |
| 1931 | 56 | #930 | 29 | #1,300 |
| 1930 | 64 | #913 | 29 | #1,363 |
| 1929 | 55 | #975 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1928 | 74 | #843 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1927 | 74 | #862 | 23 | #1,631 |
| 1926 | 61 | #962 | 30 | #1,348 |
| 1925 | 85 | #804 | 22 | #1,664 |
| 1924 | 69 | #917 | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1923 | 76 | #842 | 30 | #1,351 |
| 1922 | 75 | #849 | 36 | #1,215 |
| 1921 | 78 | #843 | 27 | #1,470 |
| 1920 | 83 | #796 | 42 | #1,105 |
| 1919 | 96 | #715 | 42 | #1,060 |
| 1918 | 74 | #839 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1917 | 74 | #804 | 30 | #1,255 |
| 1916 | 67 | #829 | 32 | #1,171 |
| 1915 | 71 | #786 | 22 | #1,495 |
| 1914 | 59 | #755 | 24 | #1,215 |
| 1913 | 48 | #764 | 18 | #1,242 |
| 1912 | 49 | #721 | 19 | #1,085 |
| 1911 | 33 | #763 | 11 | #1,104 |
| 1910 | 43 | #654 | 18 | #725 |
| 1909 | 40 | #619 | 9 | #1,067 |
| 1908 | 31 | #706 | 11 | #865 |
| 1907 | 32 | #678 | 7 | #1,178 |
| 1906 | 24 | #761 | 5 | #1,375 |
| 1905 | 30 | #654 | 9 | #902 |
| 1904 | 22 | #770 | 8 | #942 |
| 1903 | 28 | #639 | — | — |
| 1902 | 24 | #709 | 9 | #847 |
| 1901 | 21 | #719 | — | — |
| 1900 | 32 | #631 | 15 | #673 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,261 | 7 | #921 |
| 1898 | 16 | #879 | 8 | #867 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,082 | 9 | #771 |
| 1896 | 17 | #808 | — | — |
| 1895 | 15 | #854 | 6 | #1,049 |
| 1894 | 23 | #622 | 5 | #1,198 |
| 1893 | 18 | #706 | — | — |
| 1892 | 12 | #893 | 8 | #843 |
| 1891 | 15 | #722 | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1890 | 9 | #990 | — | — |
| 1889 | 14 | #713 | 6 | #950 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,015 | 8 | #801 |
| 1887 | 17 | #553 | — | — |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,241 | 5 | #1,070 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,020 | 7 | #820 |
| 1884 | 9 | #778 | 6 | #946 |
| 1883 | 7 | #804 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #913 | 9 | #673 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).