Ozzy
Top 1000
About Ozzy
Cute but cool, fresh but familiar, Ozzy was one of the fastest-rising boy names of 2021 and has continued to rise in the US and the UK ever since. While hard-core rocker Ozzy Osbourne might not be everyone's idea of a role model, his nickname name, along with others like it (think Iggy, Ziggy and Izzy) are forging their own way up the charts.
Derived from the Old English element os meaning "God" or "divine", or from the Irish oss meaning "deer", Ozzy can also be spelled as Ozzie, or for those outside of Australia, Aussie. It could work as a nickname for oldy-worldy Oswald or Osmond, or for popular Oscar and Biblical Ozias.
Currently in the UK Top 500 and the US Top 650, it was given to 470 American boys in 2024, along with an increasing number of girls.
Pronounced AHZ-ee.
As of October 2026, Ozzy ranked #549 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #564.
Editor's take: The name Ozzy is a boy's name of German, English origin meaning "divine; deer".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,313 | 57 | 29.7 |
| 2015 | #2,013 | 72 | 37.6 |
| 2016 | #2,199 | 62 | 32.7 |
| 2017 | #1,761 | 88 | 47.5 |
| 2018 | #1,525 | 112 | 61.7 |
| 2019 | #1,200 | 160 | 89.2 |
| 2020 | #1,049 | 193 | 111.8 |
| 2021 | #713 | 366 | 209.2 |
| 2022 | #617 | 453 | 259.4 |
| 2023 | #553 | 529 | 309.3 |
| 2024 | #602 | 472 | 274 |
| 2025 | #549 | 548 | 320.8 |
World rankings
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Ozzy on lists
Famous Ozzys
- John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne
English musician and television personality
- Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth
American reality TV personality ("Survivor")
- Ozzy Wiesblatt
Canadian ice hockey player
Ozzy in pop culture
- Ozzy
three,legged one,eyed pug in the movie "Epic"
- Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones
character in the Osmosis Jones animated film and TV series
- Ozzy Delvecchio
character in Netflix's "Bloodline"
- "Ozzy
" 2016 animated film and its main character