Meaning not yet researched.
Ozell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #978 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #978 in 1937; #13,387 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ozell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#13,387 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #978.
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Ozell: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 boys in 2025. Peak: #978 in 1937 · most boys in one year: 42 (1937).
In 2025, 5 US boys were named Ozell, making it the 13,387th most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #978, reached in 1937. That year also had the most boys given the name: 42. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,417 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Ozell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #992, reached in 1910. The most girls given the name in a single year was 54, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #5,140 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ozell in 105 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1902 with 8 babies. In all, 2,841 US babies have been given the name, 39% of them girls and 61% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 649 babies named Ozell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 21 US boys were named Ozell; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 6. In 2025 that was about 1 in 341,615 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Oziel (2,718 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ozelle, Oceal and Ozeal 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: Ozelle (343), Oceal (16), Ozeal (6).
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 Ozell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 5 | #13,387 |
| 2020 | — | — | 6 | #11,639 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #13,601 |
| 2016 | — | — | 5 | #13,674 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #13,553 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,591 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #11,680 |
| 2005 | — | — | 6 | #11,109 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,421 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #10,321 |
| 1998 | — | — | 7 | #8,217 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,719 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,592 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,523 |
| 1993 | — | — | 12 | #4,923 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,185 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #9,227 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,273 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,740 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,690 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,818 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,507 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,594 |
| 1984 | — | — | 13 | #3,401 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,157 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,791 |
| 1980 | — | — | 9 | #4,402 |
| 1979 | — | — | 8 | #4,728 |
| 1978 | — | — | 9 | #4,071 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,536 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,646 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #3,035 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,502 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,294 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,950 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,655 |
| 1970 | — | — | 17 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | — | — | 18 | #2,030 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,277 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,439 |
| 1966 | — | — | 18 | #1,866 |
| 1965 | — | — | 22 | #1,706 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,502 | 12 | #2,515 |
| 1963 | — | — | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,290 | 22 | #1,743 |
| 1961 | — | — | 17 | #2,053 |
| 1960 | — | — | 25 | #1,653 |
| 1959 | — | — | 22 | #1,749 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,898 | 19 | #1,879 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,725 | 26 | #1,561 |
| 1955 | — | — | 29 | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,654 | 28 | #1,459 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,156 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,394 | 30 | #1,394 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,709 | 27 | #1,445 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,140 | 27 | #1,417 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,597 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,819 | 31 | #1,315 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,250 | 26 | #1,471 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,308 | 20 | #1,633 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,074 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,435 | 41 | #1,032 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,815 | 24 | #1,453 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,373 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,168 | 21 | #1,516 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,186 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,859 | 26 | #1,315 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,631 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,696 | 42 | #978 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,239 | 32 | #1,178 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,650 | 36 | #1,094 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,687 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,761 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,803 | 26 | #1,375 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,368 | 32 | #1,236 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,247 | 22 | #1,592 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,589 | 24 | #1,511 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,630 | 29 | #1,376 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,353 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,176 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,367 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,166 | 25 | #1,564 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,156 | 28 | #1,411 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,205 | 24 | #1,574 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,274 | 18 | #1,967 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,012 | 29 | #1,373 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,387 | 22 | #1,613 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,201 | 22 | #1,639 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,202 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,053 | 18 | #1,750 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,282 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,475 | 19 | #1,429 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,454 | 8 | #2,223 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,170 | 10 | #1,711 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,222 | 5 | #1,938 |
| 1910 | 20 | #992 | 6 | #1,542 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,267 | 7 | #1,242 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,812 | — | — |
| 1907 | 6 | #2,004 | — | — |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,872 | — | — |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,453 | — | — |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,411 | — | — |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,412 | — | — |
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).