Ozell
Ozell was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,383 among boys’ names; 2,841 Americans have been recorded with it since 1902 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ozell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ozell?
#13,383 among boys’ names, 2025
Ozell entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #13,383 in 2025.
83 babies in 1920, the peak
Ozell peaked in 1920, when 83 babies were given it (29 boys, #1,373 among boys’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 5 | #13,383 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 6 | #11,633 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #13,595 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #13,668 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,545 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 9 | #8,584 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 6 | #11,673 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 6 | #11,102 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 8 | #8,414 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 6 | #10,314 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | under 5 | 7 | #8,209 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,712 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 6 | #8,585 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 6 | #8,517 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 12 | #4,917 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 6 | #8,178 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #9,220 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 10 | #5,266 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 7 | #6,733 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 10 | #4,685 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #7,811 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #6,501 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 9 | #4,589 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 13 | #3,399 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,155 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 11 | #3,789 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 9 | #4,401 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 8 | #4,726 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 9 | #4,069 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 11 | #3,534 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 10 | #3,644 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 13 | #3,033 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 7 | #4,500 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 18 | #2,292 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 12 | #2,948 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 14 | #2,654 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 17 | #2,266 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 18 | #2,029 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 14 | #2,276 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 12 | #2,438 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 18 | #1,865 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 22 | #1,705 | |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,501 | 12 | #2,514 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 22 | #1,729 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,289 | 22 | #1,742 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 17 | #2,052 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 25 | #1,652 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 22 | #1,748 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 17 | #2,000 | |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,897 | 19 | #1,878 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,724 | 26 | #1,560 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 29 | #1,443 | |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,653 | 28 | #1,458 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,155 | 24 | #1,576 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,392 | 30 | #1,393 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,708 | 27 | #1,444 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,138 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,596 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,817 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,248 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,307 | 20 | #1,632 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,073 | 21 | #1,484 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,433 | 41 | #1,032 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,814 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,371 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,167 | 21 | #1,516 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,185 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,859 | 26 | #1,315 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,631 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,695 | 42 | #978 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,238 | 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 | #1,802 | 26 | #1,375 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,368 | 32 | #1,236 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,247 | 22 | #1,592 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,588 | 24 | #1,511 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,629 | 29 | #1,376 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,352 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,176 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,367 | 21 | #1,726 |
| 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 | #1,966 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,012 | 29 | #1,373 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,387 | 22 | #1,612 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,201 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,202 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,053 | 18 | #1,749 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,282 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,475 | 19 | #1,429 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,454 | 8 | #2,222 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,170 | 10 | #1,710 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,222 | 5 | #1,937 |
| 1910 | 20 | #992 | 6 | #1,541 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,267 | 7 | #1,242 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,812 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 6 | #2,003 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,296 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,871 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,452 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,411 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,412 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ozell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,841 Americans recorded as Ozell, 39% are girls and 61% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ozell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ozell, and how old are they?
An estimated 915 Americans named Ozell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 51 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 850 people named Ozell (218 women and girls, 632 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,136 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ozell born?
The states with the most babies named Ozell are Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 202 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Mississippi | 148 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 144 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 100 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Arkansas | 80 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 40 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 28 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 25 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Ozell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ozell is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ozell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 5,705 babies since 1880, Ozell is the most given (50% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 244 babies (2.0%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ozell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ozell and names like it
- Compare Ozell and OzielBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sOzell peaked in 1920.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ozell since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Ozell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ozell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.