Girls' name · since 1968
Ozlem
Ozlem has 86 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,869 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,135 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
86 babies have been named Ozlem since 1968, making it today's #11135 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ozlem has been recorded 86 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #11135 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #28,869 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,135 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 1968
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ozlem ranks #28,869 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,135 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 86 born since 1968, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,869 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,135 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ozlem's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ozlem compares
86 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ozlem's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ozlem | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ozlem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ozlem's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ozlem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Ozlem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 88% of the file).
2020s was Ozlem's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Ozlem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (88% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ozlem draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.