Oza — unisex name
154 babies named Oza in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Oza was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Oza in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oza
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Oza between 1899 and 1949, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Oza is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1917.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oza performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Oza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oza in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 154 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Oza at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oza popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1899
- Peak year (1924)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1949.
154 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 13 births in a single year.
Oza popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 1917 (Oza as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Oza accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 63 births that decade — 41% of Oza's all-time total
Oza decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Oza's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1899–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.