Ozzy

Meaning: God's power, or divine rule
Origin: Variant of Oswald (from Old English)

Boy's name · #549 in the US (2025) · Trending

88% boys · 12% girls — Ozzy is also given to girls: 70 in 2025, about 12% in recent years. Ozzy →

Popularity over time

Ozzy is climbing: on the charts since 1982, it reached #549 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 550 boys given the name last year. Roughly 4,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#191 in England & Wales (2025) · #384 in N. Ireland (2025) · #391 in Scotland (2025) · #498 in Sweden (2025) · #559 in Ireland (2025) · #1,506 in Belgium (2025) · #570 in Canada (2024).

Famous Ozzys

Ozzy Osbourne — English musician and television personality (1948–2025)
Ozzy Wiesblatt — Canadian ice hockey player
Ozzy Trapilo — American football player
Ozzy Inguanzo — Cuban-American screenwriter

In stories & tradition

Ozzy — The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical stage work)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Ozzie (#1455), Ozzy would rank around #462 with about 670 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Ozzy and Ozzie.

Similar names: Ozzie · Truett · Oziel · Eziah · Boone · Hershy

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