Ossie
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #9,095 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls 63.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1887 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,917since 1880
Ossie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,340 | 36 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,070 | 44 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #926 | 56 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #909 | 64 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #840 | 74 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #856 | 74 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #958 | 61 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1925 | #800 | 85 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #914 | 69 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #838 | 76 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #845 | 75 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #837 | 78 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #791 | 83 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #712 | 96 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #800 | 74 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #780 | 71 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #758 | 48 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #717 | 49 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #754 | 33 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #644 | 43 | #707 | 18 |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #698 | 31 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | — | |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | #640 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ossie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ossie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Biggest jump: 571 spots in 1887 (#1,108 → #537)
- Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1888 (#537 → #959)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #537 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1900–1931
- Highest: 1 in 8,587 girls born in 1887 were named Ossie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 276,718 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
- 25.0% of all girls named Ossie (730) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1966, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 71 | #537 (1887) | #817 |
| 1890s | 143 | #609 (1894) | #846 |
| 1900s | 284 | #614 (1909) | #676 |
| 1910s | 614 | #644 (1910) | #757 |
| 1920s | 730 | #791 (1920) | #865 |
| 1930s | 487 | #909 (1930) | #1,018 |
| 1940s | 319 | #1,150 (1940) | #1,528 |
| 1950s | 196 | #2,016 (1951) | #2,568 |
| 1960s | 67 | #3,558 (1966) | #5,190 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,095 (1980) | #9,095 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ossie in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 14,437 of them was named Ossie, which outranked 86.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 25,342 of them was named Ossie, which outranked 78.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,073Sampson43
- #1,073Titus43
- #1,073Willam43
- #1,089Ossie42
- #1,089Arno42
- #1,089Author42
- #1,089Berlin42
- #1,108Cicero41
- #1,108Collins41
- #1,108Eino41
Tied with 18 names at #1,089; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.