Ozzy
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Meaning
diminutive of Oswald and other Os- names (Old English os "god"; Oswald adds weald, "powerful, mighty")
The story
Ozzy spent decades as the name on the marquee rather than the certificate: a diminutive of Oswald and other Os- names, Old English os, god, with Oswald adding weald, powerful, mighty. Behind the Name notes the most famous Ozzy of all wore it as a nickname for his surname, Osbourne. As a given name in its own right the records show the turn clearly: about 69 boys in the 1980s, a few hundred a decade after, then about 2,600 so far this decade, already more than three times its full 2010s total, with a small girls' line appearing too. Brazil counts its own first handful. The rock-and-roll shadow is part of the charm, but the paperwork underneath is thoroughly Old English.
How popular is Ozzy around the world?
In the United States, 2,899 babies were named Ozzy between 2020 and 2025. In England and Wales, 264 boys named Ozzy were born in 2025, the 191st most common name among boys that year.
Ozzy is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, Scotland, Canada, Ireland and Brazil.
United States
1 in 7,500
In the United States, 2,899 babies were named Ozzy between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ozzy peaked in the 2020s. Ozzy went to 72 US babies in 2015 and 618 in 2025, 8.6 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 2,200
In England and Wales, 264 boys named Ozzy were born in 2025, the 191st most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Scotland
1 in 4,600
In Scotland, 10 boys named Ozzy were registered in 2024, the 352nd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 7,500
In Canada, 49 boys named Ozzy were born in 2024, the 564th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Ireland
1 in 9,000
In Ireland, 6 boys named Ozzy were born in 2025, the 509th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Argentina
last on record 2021
Ozzy is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Austria
last on record 2024
Ozzy is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 76 people in Brazil were named Ozzy, ranked 49,949th, with a median age of 15.
Among people named Ozzy living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Montevideo City
last on record 1998
Ozzy is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
South Australia
last on record 2013
Ozzy is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Ozzy
Most people given the name Ozzy in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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