Ozell
Ozell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 977th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193742 births
- Best rank
- #977in 1937
- Since 1909
- 2,836people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,720 boys have been named Ozell in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 42 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 42 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1930s alone account for 18%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Ozell is used for both sexes: 39% of its bearers are girls (1,116), most of them born around 1920.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ozell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 143 | |
| 1920s | 259 | |
| 1930s | 310 | |
| 1940s | 257 | |
| 1950s | 249 | |
| 1960s | 182 | |
| 1970s | 119 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 58 | |
| 2000s | 26 | |
| 2010s | 24 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1937, its biggest year
Ozell was the 977th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1937 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1937.
Names that rose and fell with Ozell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Norvellpeak 1941
- Ferrellpeak 1935
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Harlonpeak 1939
- Burnellpeak 1920
- Thurmondpeak 1948
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.