Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ozell**

#2,534 most common boys' name of all time · #6,099 across all names · 61% boys / 39% girls · used 1902–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,534
Rank overall
#6,099 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
2,841
Since 2016
21
Peak year
1920 #1,374
Best rank
#978 1937
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ozell first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,071
2020 — 6 6 #10,683
2018 — 5 5 #12,236
2016 — 5 5 #12,261
2013 — 5 5 #12,216
2011 — 9 9 #8,123
2006 — 6 6 #10,740
2005 — 6 6 #10,220
2003 — 8 8 #7,893
2002 — 6 6 #9,456
1998 — 7 7 #7,636
1996 — 6 6 #8,036
1995 — 6 6 #7,865
1994 — 6 6 #7,839
1993 — 12 12 #4,727
1992 — 6 6 #7,505
1991 — 5 5 #8,357
1990 — 10 10 #5,029
1989 — 7 7 #6,301
1988 — 10 10 #4,493
1987 — 5 5 #7,058
1986 — 6 6 #6,015
1985 — 9 9 #4,395
1984 — 13 13 #3,298
1982 — 10 10 #4,007
1981 — 11 11 #3,644
1980 — 9 9 #4,197
1979 — 8 8 #4,467
1978 — 9 9 #3,898
1977 — 11 11 #3,431
1976 — 10 10 #3,510
1975 — 13 13 #2,943
1974 — 7 7 #4,268
1973 — 18 18 #2,242
1972 — 12 12 #2,852
1971 — 14 14 #2,591
1970 — 17 17 #2,240
1969 — 18 18 #2,000
1968 — 14 14 #2,239
1967 — 12 12 #2,393
1966 — 18 18 #1,840
1965 — 22 22 #1,694
1964 5 12 17 #2,455
1963 — 22 22 #1,714
1962 5 22 27 #1,734
1961 — 17 17 #2,024
1960 — 25 25 #1,642
1959 — 22 22 #1,732
1958 — 17 17 #1,985
1957 6 19 25 #1,855
1956 8 26 34 #1,553
1955 — 29 29 #1,439
1954 11 28 39 #1,453
1953 9 24 33 #1,572
1952 6 30 36 #1,397
1951 7 27 34 #1,449
1950 6 27 33 #1,420
1949 16 24 40 #1,528
1948 5 31 36 #1,312
1947 8 26 34 #1,470
1946 7 20 27 #1,624
1945 10 21 31 #1,469
1944 6 41 47 #1,034
1943 12 24 36 #1,449
1942 9 25 34 #1,407
1941 16 21 37 #1,509
1940 15 23 38 #1,420
1939 19 26 45 #1,311
1938 23 29 52 #1,239
1937 11 42 53 #978
1936 14 32 46 #1,179
1935 22 36 58 #1,092
1934 21 41 62 #1,018
1933 20 25 45 #1,353
1932 20 26 46 #1,378
1931 30 32 62 #1,227
1930 37 22 59 #1,586
1929 25 24 49 #1,505
1928 26 29 55 #1,370
1927 36 25 61 #1,544
1926 43 36 79 #1,213
1925 35 21 56 #1,714
1924 46 25 71 #1,562
1923 45 28 73 #1,412
1922 42 24 66 #1,575
1921 38 18 56 #1,946
1920 54 29 83 #1,374
1919 32 22 54 #1,605
1918 40 22 62 #1,633
1917 37 16 53 #1,952
1916 44 18 62 #1,744
1915 31 17 48 #1,751
1914 20 19 39 #1,428
1913 17 8 25 #2,171
1912 21 10 31 #1,706
1911 15 5 20 #1,886
1910 20 6 26 #1,549
1909 12 7 19 #1,261
1908 7 — 7 —
1907 6 — 6 —
1906 10 — 10 —
1905 6 — 6 —
1904 8 — 8 —
1903 8 — 8 —
1902 8 — 8 —